brin

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

brin (plural brins)

1. One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
2. A single silkworm thread extruded from the gland, before it has formed a bave.

References

• “brin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• IBNR, RNIB

French

Etymology

Unknown origin; possibly of Gaulish origin (compare Catalan bri, Spanish brenca (“fiber”), brinza (“blade of grass, filament”)), from Proto-Celtic *brinikā, from *brinos (“filament, fiber”) (compare Breton broenenn, Welsh brwynen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛ̃/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Homophone: brun (some speakers)

Noun

brin m (plural brins)

1. blade (of grass)
2. sprig, twig
3. wisp, strand (of hair, fibre etc.)
4. (figuratively) ounce, bit, hint

See also

• fétu
• touffe

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 257, 258
• “brin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
• Remacle, Louis (1984): La différenciation des géminées mm, nn en mb, nd: sur l'étymologie des termes landon et flamber et des toponymes hambê, hambâ, p. 45
• “brin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading

• “brin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• bregn (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• brün (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (“shining, brown”).

Adjective

brin m (feminine singular brina, masculine plural brins, feminine plural brinas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) brown

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *brinъ (“sp. of conifer”). Compare Serbo-Croatian brȋn, Polish brzyn. Maybe related to Ancient Greek πρῖνος (prînos, “holm oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brín/

Noun

brȉn m inan

1. juniper

Inflection

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Further reading

• “brin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Welsh

Adjective

brin

1. Soft mutation of prin.

Adverb

brin

1. Soft mutation of prin.

Noun

brin

1. Soft mutation of prin.

Mutation