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brun

French → English

adj//bʁœ̃//

(color) Brown: a dark color similar to that of wood or chestnuts

Ses yeux bruns brillaient d'une étrange intelligence.

(English) His brown eyes shone with a strange intelligence.

Les murs étaient faits d'un hourdage de torchis brun.

(English) The walls were made of brown wattle and daub.

noun//bʁœ̃//

(appearance) Brown-haired: referring to a man or boy with dark hair

C'est un beau brun ténébreux qui travaille au cinéma.

(English) He is a handsome, dark-haired man who works in cinema.

Ce brun charismatique a incarné l'agent secret à plusieurs reprises.

(English) This charismatic brown-haired man played the secret agent several times.

adj//bʁœ̃//

(politics) Brown: associated with fascist or Nazi ideologies

La menace brune pesait sur l'Europe au début du siècle dernier.

(English) The brown threat loomed over Europe at the beginning of last century.

La jeunesse brune défilait dans les rues de Berlin en uniforme.

(English) The brown-shirted youth marched through the streets of Berlin in uniform.

Entry ID: fr:en:brun · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary