brownie
English
/ˈbɹaʊni/
noun
Definitions
- (culinary) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
- (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
- (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus .
- (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
- (Australia) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
- (ethnic slur) A person of Arab, Indian or Hispanic descent. Also rarely used for a Native American or Pacific Islander.
- (US) A girl in the first level of girl scouts.
Etymology
Suffix from English brown.
Origin
English
brown
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Browncoat English
- Brownshirt English
- anti-brown English
- brown English
- brown-bill English
- brown-haired English
- brownable English
- brownback English
- browneye English
- brownface English
- brownfield English
- brownification English
- brownify English
- brownish English
- brownly English
- brownness English
- brownnose English
- brownout English
- brownstone English
- browntop English
- brownwort English
- browny English
- embrown English
- hash English
- hash brownie English
- mono-brown English
- nonbrown English
- nut-brown English
- overbrown English
- unbrown English
- Brownie German
- brownie French
- brownie Spanish, Castilian
- brownie Portuguese
- brownie Norwegian Nynorsk
- broun Middle English
- brown Welsh
- 布朗尼 Chinese
- būrawūn Marshallese
- braun Tok Pisin
- braunpela Tok Pisin
- braon Bislama