What does brune in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word brune in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use brune in French.

The word brune in French means brunette, bitter, dark cigarette, dusk, brown, dark, brown-haired, dark-haired, dark-haired man, dark-haired woman, brown, stout, porter, dark-tobacco cigarette, brown snake, velvet scoter, dry rot, liver spot, age spot. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word brune

brunette

nom féminin (femme brune)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ariane est une très jolie brune aux yeux verts.
Ariane is a very pretty brunette with green eyes.

bitter

nom féminin (variété de bière)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Au café, Jean demande une brune et Jacques, une blonde.
In the café, John asks for a bitter and Jack asks for a lager.

dark cigarette

nom féminin (cigarette de tabac brun)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Paul fume des brunes.
Paul smokes dark cigarettes.

dusk

nom féminin (vieilli (tombée de la nuit)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'accident s'est produit juste à la brune.
The accident happened just as dusk was falling.

brown

adjectif (de couleur marron)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Les SA hitlériennes portaient des chemises brunes.
Hitler's SA wore brown shirts.

dark

adjectif (cheveux : marron) (hair)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Dans ma famille, nous avons tous les cheveux bruns tandis que dans la famille de mon mari, ils ont tous les cheveux blonds.
In my family, we all have dark hair, while my husband's family are all blonde.

brown-haired, dark-haired

adjectif (personne : avec les cheveux bruns) (person)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Un petit garçon brun te cherchait tout à l'heure.
A little brown-haired (or: dark-haired) boy was looking for you just now.

dark-haired man, dark-haired woman

(personne aux cheveux marron)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il paraît que les bruns aux yeux bleus ont du succès auprès des femmes.
It seems dark-haired men with blue eyes are successful with women.

brown

nom masculin (la couleur marron)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le brun ne te va pas bien.
Brown doesn't really suit you.

stout, porter

nom féminin (type de bière torréfiée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

dark-tobacco cigarette

nom féminin (type de cigarette)

brown snake

nom féminin (espèce de serpent)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

velvet scoter

nom féminin (race de macreuse) (duck)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

dry rot

nom féminin (maladie provoquée par des champignons)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

liver spot, age spot

nom féminin (lentigo, tache de la peau)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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