Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embrown

/əmˈbɹaʊn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-brown
IPA: /əmˈbɹaʊn/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make (something) brown; to brown.

Literary; Transitive verb

verb

To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.

Literary; Transitive verb

verb

To become or make brown; to brown.

Intransitive verb; Literary

verb

To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.

Intransitive verb; Literary

Example Sentences

"For time ſhall with his ready pencil ſtand; / Retouch your figures with his ripening hand; / Mellow your colors, and imbrown the teint; / Add every grace, which time alone can grant; / To future ages ſhall your fame convey, / And give more beauties than he takes away."
"For blight of the season embrowneth the bloom, / And time winnows falshood, like chaff, as it flies: […]"
"The mountain-moss by scorching skies imbrown'd, […]"
"The heat embrowneth the harvests. They fall under the edge of the sickle."
"His features were small, well formed, and delicate, though deeply embrowned by the eastern sun, and terminated by a flowing and curled black beard, which seemed trimmed with peculiar care."
"His fair hair waved long and freely over a white and unwrinkled forehead: the life of a camp and the suns of Italy had but little embrowned his clear and healthful complexion, which retained much of the bloom of youth."

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

Word Breakdown

Prefix: em
Root: *bʰerH-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əmˈbɹaʊn/
British English: /ɪmˈbɹaʊn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

embrowns (present, singular) embrowning (participle, present) embrowned (participle, past) embrowned (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) embrowned (first person, past) embrownest (archaic, present) embrowned (past, second person) embrownedst (archaic, past) embrowneth (archaic, present) embrowned (past, singular)

Derived Forms

embrowned embrowning embrownment

Frequently Paired Words

brown brownify browning brownish

Synonyms

brownify brown

Rhymes With

down get down change down close down town low-down brown road town spanish town crown downtown clown

Questions

How do you pronounce embrown?: The recorded pronunciation is /əmˈbɹaʊn/.
What does embrown mean?: To make (something) brown; to brown.
Where does embrown come from?: 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

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