brun
French, noun/bʁœ̃/
brun is spelled B-R-U-N (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,331st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brun is a French masculine noun meaning “brown (color/colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couleur brune”.
What does brun mean in English?
adjective
- 1
brown (color/colour)
noun
- 1
masculinebrown (color/colour)
- 2
masculinebrown-haired person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De la couleur du marron clair tirant sur le noir. #993300 2. Couleur sombre des cheveux. 3. Fasciste ; nazi. 4. → voir de brun.
noun: 1. Couleur brune. 2. Homme ou garçon aux cheveux bruns. 3. Ombres peintes sur un tableau. 4. Noir à la peau brune liotrique, cymotriche ou aux cheveux crépus avec des boucles définis.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brun
- brune feminine
- bruns masculine plural
- brunes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brun?
- /bʁœ̃/
- France /bʁɛ̃/
- Quebec /bʀœ̃˞/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brun
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brun in French?
brun appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).