"embrown" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈbɹaʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛm-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əmˈbɹaʊn/ [General-American], /ɛm-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-embrown.wav [Southern-England] Forms: embrowns [present, singular, third-person], embrowning [participle, present], embrowned [participle, past], embrowned [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], embrown [infinitive]
Rhymes: -aʊn Etymology: PIE word *h₁én From em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) + brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective). cognates * French embrunir * Italian imbrunire Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*h₁én}} *h₁én, {{PIE word|en|h₁én}} PIE word *h₁én, {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰerH-|id=brown}}, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{m|en|en-|pos=prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’}} en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’), {{prefix|en|em|brown|pos1=variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">en-</i> (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)|pos2=adjective|t2=having a brown colour}} em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) + brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective), {{cog|fr|embrunir}} French embrunir, {{cog|it|imbrunire}} Italian imbrunire Head templates: {{en-verb}} embrown (third-person singular simple present embrowns, present participle embrowning, simple past and past participle embrowned) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1}}
  1. (transitive)
    To make (something) brown; to brown.
    Tags: also, figuratively, literary, poetic, transitive Synonyms: brownify
    Sense id: en-embrown-en-verb-sShddrU9
  2. (transitive)
    To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.
    Tags: also, figuratively, literary, poetic, transitive
    Sense id: en-embrown-en-verb-BoWZCFsb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with em- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 79 7 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with em-: 19 36 19 25
  3. (intransitive)
    To become or make brown; to brown.
    Tags: also, figuratively, intransitive, literary, poetic Synonyms: brownify Translations (to become or make brown — see also brown): ruskistua (Finnish), embrunir (French), imbrunìre (Italian)
    Sense id: en-embrown-en-verb-vJIZUT5Q Disambiguation of 'to become or make brown — see also brown': 14 12 44 30
  4. (intransitive)
    To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.
    Tags: also, figuratively, intransitive, literary, poetic
    Sense id: en-embrown-en-verb--IcL4LOg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imbrown [archaic] Derived forms: embrowned [adjective], embrowning [adjective, noun], embrownment [rare] Related terms: brown, brownify, browning [noun], brownish Translations (to make (something) brown — see also brown): pruunistama (Estonian), ruskistaa (Finnish), embrunir (French), imbrunìre (Italian), pociemniać (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'to make (something) brown — see also brown': 36 32 21 11

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      "ipa": "/əmˈbɹaʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛm-/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊn"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-embrown.wav",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-embrown.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-embrown.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "imbrown"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to make (something) brown — see also brown",
      "word": "pruunistama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make (something) brown — see also brown",
      "word": "ruskistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make (something) brown — see also brown",
      "word": "embrunir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make (something) brown — see also brown",
      "word": "imbrunìre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make (something) brown — see also brown",
      "word": "pociemniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become or make brown — see also brown",
      "word": "ruskistua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to become or make brown — see also brown",
      "word": "embrunir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become or make brown — see also brown",
      "word": "imbrunìre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "embrown"
}

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