I agree with William that dogs and horses are going to be brun/brune. Cars are probably marron. I’m guessing it’s something you just have to learn by rote. However equestrians would be outraged. They don’t talk about brown horses in English, and likewise in French there’s about 50 gazillion different terms for horse coat colours :-). Bay is bai, chestnut is alezan, dun is brun-grisâtre and so on. The ‘and so on’ is to get me out of looking up coat colours in English and then working out what they are in French :-))
Rosemary Kneipp
November 14th, 2016 at 8:20 pm
@William and Susan – Well, it seems it’s a “chien marron” and not “brun” though Jean Michel spontaneously said “un chien roux” which I thought was amusing. Ordinary people like me talk about “brown horses” 🙂 but I agree it’s not a good example. I like the fact that chestut is alézan. I checked the etymology – al-hisân (horsee) ou encoreor maybe al-hasan (beautiful).
You’d definitely say “une voiture marron”.
Lesley
November 15th, 2016 at 10:04 am
My dog is a (sort of) English Setter and is white with Lemon bits – in english and I think french. A darker colour would be Liver in english and perhaps Marron in french.
Beautiful in either language.
Lesley
November 15th, 2016 at 10:15 am
I’ve just read how you call the female duck’s plumage……
Rosemary Kneipp
November 15th, 2016 at 9:33 pm
Bravo! as Jean Michel says. I wondered how many readers of both blogs would pick up the connection :).
Rosemary Kneipp
November 15th, 2016 at 9:32 pm
Well, thank you! I had no idea that there is a whole official terminology for dog colour! A coat is a “robe”.
A former English Setter (100%) was white with black and grey, he was Blue Belton Tricolour whereas, my Cocker Spaniel of the same colouring was a Blue Roan.
Looking up ‘roan’ I found – soft sheepskin leather with a poss. conection with Rouen. Now that could make a comfy dress or robe.
Rosemary Kneipp
November 17th, 2016 at 8:39 pm
So you know about these colours! Interesting about the origin of roan. You think a leather dress would be comfortable?
Lesley
November 18th, 2016 at 10:18 am
A soft sheepskin or suede would be fine. Nightmare to keep clean of dog slobber and all these hairs!
I would think a chien brun would be correct for a brown dog.
I agree with William that dogs and horses are going to be brun/brune. Cars are probably marron. I’m guessing it’s something you just have to learn by rote. However equestrians would be outraged. They don’t talk about brown horses in English, and likewise in French there’s about 50 gazillion different terms for horse coat colours :-). Bay is bai, chestnut is alezan, dun is brun-grisâtre and so on. The ‘and so on’ is to get me out of looking up coat colours in English and then working out what they are in French :-))
@William and Susan – Well, it seems it’s a “chien marron” and not “brun” though Jean Michel spontaneously said “un chien roux” which I thought was amusing. Ordinary people like me talk about “brown horses” 🙂 but I agree it’s not a good example. I like the fact that chestut is alézan. I checked the etymology – al-hisân (horsee) ou encoreor maybe al-hasan (beautiful).
You’d definitely say “une voiture marron”.
My dog is a (sort of) English Setter and is white with Lemon bits – in english and I think french. A darker colour would be Liver in english and perhaps Marron in french.
Beautiful in either language.
I’ve just read how you call the female duck’s plumage……
Bravo! as Jean Michel says. I wondered how many readers of both blogs would pick up the connection :).
Well, thank you! I had no idea that there is a whole official terminology for dog colour! A coat is a “robe”.
The corresponding Wikipedia articles are fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_(dog) in English and https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robe_(chien) in French. No “brun”, by the way, only “marron”!
A former English Setter (100%) was white with black and grey, he was Blue Belton Tricolour whereas, my Cocker Spaniel of the same colouring was a Blue Roan.
Looking up ‘roan’ I found – soft sheepskin leather with a poss. conection with Rouen. Now that could make a comfy dress or robe.
So you know about these colours! Interesting about the origin of roan. You think a leather dress would be comfortable?
A soft sheepskin or suede would be fine. Nightmare to keep clean of dog slobber and all these hairs!
That I can imagine!