brin

See also: Brin and brīn

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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/

• Audio:

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [bɾæ̃]
• 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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 (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Further reading

• “brin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	brìn
gen. sing.	brína
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	brìn	brína	bríni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	brína	brínov	brínov
dative (dajȃlnik)	brínu	brínoma	brínom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	brìn	brína	bríne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brínu	brínih	brínih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brínom	brínoma	bríni

Further reading

• “brin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Welsh

Adjective

brin

1. Soft mutation of prin.

Adverb

brin

1. Soft mutation of prin.

Noun

brin

1. Soft mutation of prin.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
prin	brin	mhrin	phrin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.