- brown
- brown ⇒ ColoursA n1 (colour) (of object) marron m ; (of hair, skin, eyes) brun m ; I don't like brown je n'aime pas le marron ; in brown en marron ; to be a deep brown être d'un marron foncé ;2 Sport (in snooker) bille f marron.B adj1 (in colour) [suit, shoes, leaves, paint, sofa, car, eyes] marron inv ; [hair] brun, châtain ; to go ou turn brown [leaf, paint] devenir marron ; to paint/dye sth brown peindre/teindre qch en marron ; to turn the water brown rendre l'eau marron ; dark ou deep brown marron foncé inv ; light ou pale brown marron clair inv ;2 (tanned) [person, skin] bronzé, bruni ; to be very brown être très bronzé ; to go brown bronzer ; to go brown easily bronzer facilement ;3 (as racial feature) [skin, face, person, race] basané.C vtr1 Culin (in cooking) faire roussir [sauce, gravy] ; faire dorer [meat, onion, potato] ; to brown sth under the grill faire dorer qch au gril ;2 (tan) brunir [skin, face, body] ; browned by the sun bruni or bronzé par le soleil.D vi [meat, potatoes] dorer ; leave to brown in the oven faire dorer au four.
Big English-French dictionary. 2003.