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{{also|d'un|dūn|dún|dǔn|dùn|dün}}
==English==

====Noun====
{{en-noun|s|-}}

# {{uncountable}} A brownish grey colour.
#: {{colour panel|DAC8AE}}

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# Of a brownish grey colour.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{countable}} A collector of debts.
#*'''1933''', George Orwell, ''Down and Out in Paris and London'', Ch. 18:
#*:Melancholy '''duns''' came looking for him at all hours.
#*'''1970''', John Glassco, ''Memoirs of Montparnasse'', New York 2007, p. 102:
#*:‘Frank's worried about '''duns''',’ she said as the butler went away.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|dun|n|ing}}

# {{transitive}} To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
#* '''1749''', Henry Fielding, ''Tom Jones'', Folio Society 1973, p. 577:
#*: Of all he had received from Lady Bellaston, not above five guineas remained and that very morning he had been '''dunned''' by a tradesman for twice that sum.
# {{transitive}} To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A valley in the Himalayan foothills, e.g. Dehra Dun.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{countable}} A newly hatched, immature [[mayfly]]

====Verb====
{{infl|en|verb|head=dun}}

# {{informal}} {{eye dialect of|done|nodot=1}}: {{past of|do|nocap=1}}
#: ''He '''dun''' it before and he '''dun''' it again.''
#: ''Now, ya '''dun''' it!''

===Thesaurus===
[[account]], [[annoy]], [[apply pressure]], [[bay]], [[bayard]], [[bedevil]], [[beige]], [[beleaguer]], [[beset]], [[besiege]], [[bill]], [[bill collector]], [[bill of account]], [[bill of lading]], [[blandish]], [[brown]], [[brownish]], [[brownish-yellow]], [[brunet]], [[buckskin]], [[bug]], [[buttonhole]], [[cajole]], [[calico pony]], [[caliginous]], [[call]], [[call in]], [[check]], [[chestnut]], [[chocolate]], [[cinnamon]], [[coax]], [[cocoa]], [[cocoa-brown]], [[coffee]], [[coffee-brown]], [[collection agent]], [[credit man]], [[creditor]], [[creditress]], [[dapple-gray]], [[debtee]], [[demand payment]], [[dim]], [[drab]], [[dun-brown]], [[dun-drab]], [[dunner]], [[dusk]], [[dusky]], [[ecru]], [[exert pressure]], [[fawn]], [[fawn-colored]], [[fuscous]], [[gloomy]], [[gnaw]], [[gray]], [[grege]], [[grizzle]], [[harass]], [[hazel]], [[importune]], [[invoice]], [[itemized bill]], [[khaki]], [[lurid]], [[manifest]], [[mortgage-holder]], [[mortgagee]], [[murky]], [[nag]], [[nag at]], [[needle]], [[note-holder]], [[nut-brown]], [[obscure]], [[olive-brown]], [[olive-drab]], [[paint]], [[painted pony]], [[pester]], [[piebald]], [[pinto]], [[plague]], [[ply]], [[press]], [[pressure]], [[push]], [[reckoning]], [[roan]], [[score]], [[seal]], [[seal-brown]], [[send a statement]], [[sepia]], [[skewbald]], [[snuff-colored]], [[somber]], [[sorrel]], [[statement]], [[tab]], [[tan]], [[taupe]], [[tawny]], [[tease]], [[toast]], [[toast-brown]], [[umber]], [[umber-colored]], [[urge]], [[walnut]], [[walnut-brown]], [[wheedle]], [[work on]], [[yellowish-brown]]

===Etymology 1===
From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|dun|lang=enm}}, {{term|dunne|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|dunn||dun, dingy brown, bark-colored, brownish black|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Germanic|dusnaz|brown, yellow|lang=en}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|dhūw-|to smoke, raise dust|lang=en}}. Cognate with {{etyl|osx|-}} {{term|dun||brown, dark|lang=osx}}, {{etyl|goh|-}} {{term|tusin||ash-gray, dull brown, pale yellow, dark|lang=goh}}.

Alternative etymology derives the Old English word from Late Brythonic (cf. Old Welsh {{term|dwnn|lang=owl}} 'dark (red)'), from {{proto|Celtic|dusno}} (cf. Old Irish {{term|donn|lang=sga}}), from {{proto|Indo-European|dwos}} (cf. Old Saxon {{term|dosan|lang=osx}} 'chestnut brown'). More at [[dusk]].

====Pronunciation====
* {{rhymes|ʌn}}

===Etymology 2===
{{unk.}}; perhaps a variant of {{term|din|lang=en}}.

===Etymology 3===
{{etystub }}

===Etymology 4===
{{etystub}}

====Pronunciation====
The “u” is long, so the word is also spelled “doon”.

===Etymology 5===
Identical to [[done]].

==Translations==
====Noun====
{{trans-top|colour}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|сиво-кафяв|sc=Cyrl}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|harmaanruskea}}
* French: {{t+|fr|brun}} [[grisâtre]]
* Greek: {{t-|el|καστανόφαιο}} [kastaˈno̞fe̞ˌo̞] {{n}}
* Icelandic: {{t-|is|grámórautt|n}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: {{t-|ja|焦げ茶色}} (こげちゃいろ, kogechairo)
* Norwegian: {{t-|no|gråbrunt|n}}
* Serbian: {{t-|sr|sivosmeđ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kula}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Adjective====
{{trans-top|of a brownish grey colour}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|сиво-кафяв|sc=Cyrl}}
* Czech: {{t-|cs|šedohnědý}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|grijsbruin}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Finnish: [[harmaanruskea]]
* Norwegian: {{t-|no|gråbrun}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|odhar|xs=Scottish Gaelic}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Derived terms===
* [[dun-bar]]

===See also===
* [[bawn]]
* [[durmast oak]]
* [[Appendix:Colours]]

====Noun====
{{trans-top|A collector of debts}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|perijä}}, {{t+|fi|velkoja}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{trans-top|To ask for payment}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|periä}}, {{t+|fi|velkoa}}, {{t-|fi|karhuta}}, {{t-|fi|tivata}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: [[借金]]の[[催促]] (しゃっきんのさいそく, shakkin no saisoku)
{{trans-bottom}}

====Derived terms====
* [[dun letter]]

====Noun====
{{trans-top|immature mayfly}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* [[DNU#English|DNU]]

[[Category:Browns]]
[[Category:Colors]]
[[Category:English terms with multiple etymologies]]
[[Category:Greys]]

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==Danish==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|non|da}} {{term|dúnn||down|lang=non}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/duːn/|[d̥uːˀn]|lang=da}}

====Noun====
{{da-noun|et}}

# [[down]] (soft, immature feathers)

====Inflection====
{{da-noun-infl|et}}

===See also===
* {{pedialite|lang=da}}

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==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|odt|nl}} *''thunni'', from {{proto|Germanic|þunnuz|lang=nl}}.

====Adjective====
{{nl-adj|dunner}}

# [[thin]], [[slender]]
# [[sparse]]
# {{context|liquid}} [[runny]]

====Declension====
{{nl-decl-adj|dunne}}

====Antonyms====
* [[dicht#Dutch|dicht]], [[dik#Dutch|dik]]

===Derived terms===
* [[dunnen]], [[verdunnen]]

====Verb====
{{infl|nl}}

# {{nl-verb-form|p=1|n=sg|t=pres|m=ind|dunnen}}
# {{nl-verb-form|m=imp|dunnen}}

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==Galician==

===Etymology===
From contraction of preposition {{term|de||of|lang=gl}} + masculine article {{term|un||a, one|lang=gl}}

====Contraction====
{{infl|gl|contraction|g=m|feminine|dunha|masculine plural|duns|feminine plural|dunhas}}

# [[of]] [[a]], of [[one]]; [[from]] a, from one

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==Kiput==

===Etymology===
From {{proto|North Sarawak|daqun|lang=kyi}}, from {{proto|Malayo-Polynesian|dahun|lang=kyi}}.

====Noun====
'''dun'''

# [[leaf]]

[[Category:Kiput nouns]]
[[Category:kyi:Plants]]

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==Mandarin==

===Pinyin syllable===
'''dun'''

# {{nonstandard spelling of|lang=cmn|sc=Latn|[[dūn]]}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|lang=cmn|sc=Latn|[[dún]]}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|lang=cmn|sc=Latn|[[dǔn]]}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|lang=cmn|sc=Latn|[[dùn]]}}

===Notes===
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

[[Category:Mandarin pinyin]]

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==Old English==

===Etymology===
Apparently from a Celtic source; compare Old Irish {{term|dun||hill, hill-fort|lang=ga}}, Welsh {{term|din}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/duːn/|lang=ang}}

====Noun====
{{ang-noun|head=dūn|g=f}}

# [[hill]], [[mountain]]

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-o-f|dun|alt1=dūn}}

===Derived terms===
* [[ofdune]]

====Descendants====
* English: [[down]]

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==Swedish==

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|g=n}}

# [[down]], what grows on young birds

====Declension====
{{sv-noun-n-zero}}

===Related terms===
* [[dunjacka]]
* [[dunkudde]]
* [[duntäcke]]
* [[ejderdun]]