brown or chocolate

Willow · Post by **Willow** » 29 Jun 2005 14:37

I am trying to name a brown kitten and thought a wonderful name would be his color in another language but I didn't want it to sound like brown or chocolate. I am looking for something unusual but easy to pronouce. I would so appreciate any help you could provide to me. Thank you!

alex51 · Post by **alex51** » 29 Jun 2005 15:25

In French, there is "marron" (I think thant you can use "marronne" for a female). It was originaly used for chestnuts, but also for their color.
In Spanish, there is also "marrón", and also "castaña". The first one is for the color, whereas the second is for the fruit.

Maïwenn · Post by **Maïwenn** » 29 Jun 2005 15:56

(I think thant you can use "marronne" for a female)

Well, I guess you can use any word to name an animal. But "marronne" doesn't exist in French. One always uses "marron", even for feminine or plural forms...

Puck · Post by **Puck** » 29 Jun 2005 17:15

In Japanese (I think this language is the easiest to pronounce for anybody):
chairo (brown)
kokkasshoku (dark brown)
kuri (chesnut brown)

Bloodbrother · Post by **Bloodbrother** » 29 Jun 2005 17:34

Puck wrote:kuri (chesnut brown)

Maybe you wanted to say kuriiro instead, didn't you ?

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » 29 Jun 2005 18:10

in romanian, brown is "marou", pronounced "marrow"

provided your kitty likes meat, your problem is solved

otherwise, in czech and slovak brown = hnedy, pronounced [hniédi] and gray = šedy, pronounced [schedi] (but not like the EN word "shady", caution). you can also use "tmavy" [tmavi] which means "dark" or "stin" [steen] which means "shadow" in czech and "tien" [tieni] for "shadow" in slovak

SubEspion · Post by **SubEspion** » 30 Jun 2005 01:51

alex51 wrote:In French, there is "marron" (I think thant you can use "marronne" for a female). It was originaly used for chestnuts, but also for their color.

In Quebec, it's always brun.

In Italian

Marrone (brown)

Bruno (dark brown)

In Maltese

Kannella

kyliane · Post by **kyliane** » 30 Jun 2005 09:52

In quechua language "brown" = ch'unpi (tch'oonpee)

That sounds good for a kitten !

Kyl

vallisoletano · Post by **vallisoletano** » 30 Jun 2005 10:49

(c'est quoi la question ? comment on dit brun en ttes les langues ?)

alex51 · Post by **alex51** » 30 Jun 2005 11:58

notre demandeur désirerait connaître es traductions de "brown" et "chocolate" qui ne sonnent pas comme ces mots-ci.

vallisoletano · Post by **vallisoletano** » 30 Jun 2005 12:06

Portuguese :

brown => castanho (cashtânyu)
dark brown => moreno (moorênoo)

pc2 · Post by **pc2** » 01 Jul 2005 01:06

Brazilian Portuguese:

brown = marrom / castanho
chocolate = chocolate(shokoláti)

J · Post by J » 01 Jul 2005 01:12

In German:

brown → braun (not much use since it sounds pretty much the same as the English)
chocolate → Schokolade (shok-ol-ah-duh.. maybe a bit more useful)

Willow · Post by **Willow** » 06 Jul 2005 17:51

Could you all help me with the translation,in any language, for brother? The brown kitten will be joining a little girl kitten. Any assistance with that word would be appreciated!!
Thank you

Cãlin · Post by **Cãlin** » 06 Jul 2005 19:02

In Hebrew:

brown = חוּם [h´um]
chestnut brown = עַרְמוֹנִי [armoní]
chocolate = שׁוֹקוֹלָדָה [shokolada]