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brown·ie  (broun)

n.

1. Brownie A member of the Girl Scouts from six through eight years of age.

2. A bar of moist, usually chocolate cake, often with nuts.

3. A small sprite thought to do helpful work at night.

4. A brown trout.

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[Sense 3, from the notion of the sprite as a tiny brown man.]

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brownie [ˈbraʊnɪ]

n

1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (in folklore) an elf said to do helpful work at night, esp household chores

2. (Cookery) a small square nutty chocolate cake

3. (Cookery) Austral History a bread made with currants

[diminutive of brown (that is, a small brown man)]

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Brownie [ˈbraʊnɪ]

n

1. another name for Brownie Guide

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography)™ (formerly) a popular make of simple box camera

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Brownie - a junior Girl Scout Girl Scout - a girl who is a member of the Girl Scouts
	2.	brownie - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, pixy, hob folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite - a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers leprechaun - a mischievous elf in Irish folklore sandman - an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy
	3.	brownie - square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts cookie, cooky, biscuit - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)

Translations

brownie [ˈbraʊnɪ] N

1. (= fairy) → duende m

2. (also Brownie Guide) → niña f exploradora
to earn or win Brownie points (hum) → apuntarse tantos a favor, hacer méritos

3. (US) (= cookie) → pastelillo m de chocolate y nueces

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Brownie [ˈbraʊni] n (= junior guide) → jeannette f éclaireuse (cadette)
the Brownies → les jeannettes

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brownie [ˈbraʊni] n (= cake) → brownie m
brownie point n → bon point m
to score brownie points → se faire bien voir

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brownie

n

(= chocolate cake) kleiner Schokoladenkuchen

(= fairy) → Heinzelmännchen nt

Brownie (in Guide Movement) → Wichtel m

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Brownie [ˈbraʊnɪ] n → coccinella (scout), giovane esploratrice f

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brownie

n brownie [ˈbrauni]

1 (with capital short for Brownie Guide ) a junior Girl Guide. junior Padvindster فَتاةٌ مُرْشِدَةٌ في الكَشّافَه момиче скаут světluška Blåmejse; pigespejder die Pfadfinderin μικρή προσκοπίνα niña exploradora hellake دختر پیشاهنگ nuorimman ikäluokan partiotyttö jeannette צוֹפָה צִעירָה उपकारी भुतनी juniorka u skautskom društvu csoki pramuka putri giovane guida 幼年のガールスカウト 유년 단원 jaunesnioji skautė guntiņa tunas puteri padvindster små(jente)speider, meise zuchenka escoteira fată de 7-10 ani din organizaţia cercetaşilor девочка-скаут včielka skavtinja izviđačica miniorscout เนตรนารี kız izci 小女童軍 дівчинка-скаут молодшого віку اسکاؤٹوں کی طرح لڑکیوں کی ایک فلاحی جماعت hội viên hội hướng đạo sinh 十一岁以下的女童子军

2 (American) a sweet chocolate and nut cake. bruintjies كَعْكَةُ شوكولاطَه وَجوز حُلْوَه кафяв сладкиш с орехи oříškové sušenky (lille) chokoladekage der Nuß-Schokoladenkuchen γλύκισμα με σοκολάτα και καρύδια pastel de chocolate y nueces pähkli-šokolaadikook نان شیرینی قهوه ای pähkinäsuklaaleivos carré au chocolat חוּמִית एक तरह का चाकलेट američki kolač od čokolade kue coklat (torta di cioccolato con nocciole) クッキーの一種 초콜릿 과자 šokoladinis pyragaitis šokolādes kūka ar riekstiem kek coklat dan kacang chocoladecake sjokoladekake (rodzaj ciastka) bolo prăjitură cu ciocolată шоколадное пирожное с орехами čokoládový koláč s orieškami kolač čokoladni kolač kaka med choklad och nötter เค้กทำจากช็อกโกแลตและถั่ว fındıklı ve çikolatalı kek 核果巧克力蛋糕 шоколадне тістечко з горіхами چاکلیٹ کا کیک bánh sôcôla hạnh nhân 核仁巧克力饼