French · word
Brown in French
brun
The French for brown is brun. It agrees with its noun: brun, brune, bruns, brunes.
brun
adjective
- Elle a les cheveux bruns et très courts.She has very short brown hair.
Agreements
| masculine | feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| sing. | brun | brune |
| plur. | bruns | brunes |
The forms
- masculine
- brun
- feminine
- brune
- masculine plural
- bruns
- feminine plural
- brunes
In real sentences
Greyed letters are written and not pronounced. A tie marks a liaison, with the sound you hear under it. A label under a verb names its tense.
brown (the colour of hair, fur or skin)
- Elle a les cheveux bruns et très courts.She has very short brown hair.
dark-haired (of a person)
- Paul est brun, son frère est blond.Paul is dark-haired, his brother is blond.
- J'ai rencontré un homme brun à la gare.I met a dark-haired man at the station.
dark (of beer)
- Mon père boit toujours une bière brune.My father always drinks a dark beer.
Words to compare
Close in meaning or in use. Each one has its own page.
Questions people ask
- How do you say brown in French?
- Brun, brune. It means brown (the colour of hair, fur or skin).
- What is the feminine of brun?
- Brune.
- What is the plural of brun?
- Bruns in the masculine, brunes in the feminine. The singular forms are brun and brune.
- How do you use brun in a sentence?
- Elle a les cheveux bruns et très courts. (She has very short brown hair.)
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