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Brown in French

marron

The French for brown is marron. It is invariable: it keeps one form with every noun.

marron
adjectiveinvariable

brown (colour)

Examples · 2

  • Hugo a acheté un pull marron et un jean bleu.Hugo bought a brown sweater and blue jeans.
  • La terre du jardin est marron après la pluie.The soil in the garden is brown after the rain.

Agreements

masculinefeminine
sing.marronmarron
plur.marronmarron

The forms

masculine
marron
feminine
marron
masculine plural
marron
feminine plural
marron

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 (colour)

  • Hugo a acheté un pull marron et un jean bleu.Hugo bought a brown sweater and blue jeans.
  • La terre du jardin est marron après la pluie.The soil in the garden is brown after the rain.
  • Léa a les yeux marron et les cheveux blonds.Lea has brown eyes and blond hair.
  • Elle préfère les chaussures marron aux chaussures noires.She prefers the brown shoes to the black ones.

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?
Marron. It means brown (colour).
What is the feminine of marron?
Marron. The word is invariable, so the feminine and the plural look the same as the masculine.
How do you use marron in a sentence?
Hugo a acheté un pull marron et un jean bleu. (Hugo bought a brown sweater and blue jeans.)

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