browning

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊnɪŋ

Noun

browning (countable and uncountable, plural brownings)

  1. The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
  2. Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
  3. (masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
  4. (Jamaica, countable) A brown-skinned person.
    • 2017, “Peng Ting”, performed by Mackareo:
      One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings

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Verb

browning

  1. present participle and gerund of brown

Jamaican Creole

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/
  • Hyphenation: brow‧ning

Etymology 1

Blend of brown (lightskin) +‎ -ing.

Noun

browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)

  1. a lightskin female (of colour)
    Synonym: brown gyal
    Psst! Browning! Sexy dawta! Yuh nuh hear big man a call yuh?
    Hey, light-skinned girl! Sexy lady! Don't you hear me calling you over?
    • 2002, Mervyn C. Alleyne, The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean (in English), →ISBN, page 225:
      One such song went thus:
      []
      Dem a bleach up dem skin
      To look like browning
      []
      One such song went thus: They're using skin-lightening creams to look like light-skinned girls.
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Etymology 2

Noun

browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)

  1. browning (caramel-based food additive)
    Dis waan likkle supn. Put een likkle browning.
    This needs a little something. Add a little browning.
    • 2019, Krysta Anderson, “Bun in the oven?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):
      “Preheat oven to 150ºC/300ºF. Grease a loaf pan with baking spray or margarine; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until foamy, add vanilla, molasses (if use[sic]) browning, stout, melted butter and sugar, mix until the granules dissolve. []

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Browning, named after American firearm designer John Browning.

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Noun

browning m inan

  1. (firearms) any type of semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Browning Arms Company

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Further reading

  • browning in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • browning in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Browning.

Noun

browning n (plural browninguri)

  1. Browning (gun)

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References

  • browning in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN