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brunir.

to brown (to become brown)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/bʁy.niʁ/
  1. to brown (to become brown)

  2. to burnish (to polish gold or silver etc)

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Proto-West Germanic *brūn Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Frankish *brūnijanbor. Old French brunir French brunir Inherited from Middle French brunir, from Old French brunir (“to polish, make brown”).

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