browning
See also: Browning
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
browning (countable and uncountable, plural brownings)
- The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
- Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
- (masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
- (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
Coordinate terms edit
- (gun barrels): bluing
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Verb edit
browning
- present participle and gerund of brown
Jamaican Creole edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Blend of brown (“lightskin”) + -ing.
Noun edit
browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)
- 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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- empress (“m'lady”)
- high colour (“fair”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)
- 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[1] (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 edit
Alternative forms edit
- brauning (less common)
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Browning, named after American firearm designer John Browning.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
browning m inan
- (firearms) any type of semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Browning Arms Company
Declension edit
Declension of browning
singular | plural | |
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nominative | browning | browningi |
genitive | browningu | browningów |
dative | browningowi | browningom |
accusative | browning | browningi |
instrumental | browningiem | browningami |
locative | browningu | browningach |
vocative | browningu | browningi |
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Browning.
Noun edit
browning n (plural browninguri)
- Browning (gun)
Declension edit
Declension of browning
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) browning | browningul | (niște) browninguri | browningurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) browning | browningului | (unor) browninguri | browningurilor |
vocative | browningule | browningurilor |