Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brownish

/ˈbɹaʊnɪʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: brown-ish
IPA: /ˈbɹaʊnɪʃ/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.

Example Sentences

"The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest lived there; and they were 'sclusively sandy-yellow-brownish all over […]"
"Two pumps stood side by side in our kitchen. One was for well water and one was a cistern pump—water from the former was hard and clear, from the cistern it was brownish and soft."
"Watt wore, on his feet, a boot, brown in colour, and a shoe, happily of a brownish colour also."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Proto-West Germanic *brūn Old English brūn Middle English broun English brown Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English brownish From brown + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more brownish (comparative) most brownish (superlative)

Derived Forms

brownishly brownishness

Synonyms

browny brownish brunneous brunnescent brown chocolate-brown dark-brown

Antonyms

achromatic colorless

Rhymes With

clownish downish

Questions

How do you pronounce brownish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹaʊnɪʃ/.
What does brownish mean?: Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
Where does brownish come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Proto-West Germanic *brūn Old English brūn Middle English broun English brown Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English brownish From brown + -ish.

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