brain

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Human Brain, Noun-definition 1

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English bræġen (“brain”), from Proto-Germanic *bragnan (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mreghmno- (“skull, brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mreK- (“marrow, sinciput”). Cognate with Scots braine, brane (“brain”), West Frisian brein (“brain”), Dutch brein (“brain”), Low German Brägen (“brain”), Ancient Greek βρεχμος (brechmos, “front part of the skull, top of the head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɹeɪn/, SAMPA: /breIn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

Wikipedia brain (plural brains)

1. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
2. An intelligent person.

   He was a total brain.

3. (English pluralia tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.

   He is the brains behind the scheme.

4. (in the plural) Intellect.

   He has a lot of brains.

   • 2008 Quaker Action (magazine) Rights trampled in rush to deport immigrant workers, Fall 2008, Vol. 89, No. 3, p. 8:

     "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.

5. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.

   The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.

Synonyms

• harns
• See also Wikisaurus:brain
• See also Wikisaurus:genius

Derived terms

• brain cramp

See also

• (brain lobes) brain lobe; frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe ^{(Category: en:Brain) [edit]}

Translations

organ

Afrikaans: brein (af) Albanian: tru (sq) m. Arabic: مخ (ar) (muxx) m., دماغ (ar) (dimāġ) m. Egyptian Arabic: مخ (muxx) m. Armenian: ուղեղ (hy) (uġeġ) Aromanian: crier m. Azeri: beyin (az) Belarusian: мозг (be) (mozh) m. Bengali: মস্তিষ্ক (bn) (môstishkô) Breton: empenn m. -où Bulgarian: мозък (bg) (mózǎk) m. Burmese: ဦးနှောက် (my) (oun: hnaú) Catalan: cervell m. Chinese: Mandarin: 頭腦 (cmn), 头脑 (cmn) (tóu nǎo), 腦 (cmn), 脑 (cmn) (nǎo) Chuvash: миме (mime) Crimean Tatar: miy, dimağ Czech: mozek (cs) m. Dalmatian: carviale m. Danish: hjerne (da) c. Dutch: hersenen (nl) pl., hersens (nl) pl., brein (nl) n. Esperanto: cerbo (eo), encefalo (eo) Estonian: aju (et), peaaju (et) Faroese: heili (fo) m. Finnish: aivot (fi) pl. French: cerveau (fr) m., (pejorative or when used as food) cervelle (fr) f., encéphale (fr) m. Georgian: ტვინი (ka) (tvini) German: Gehirn (de) n., Hirn (de) n. Greek: εγκέφαλος (el) (egkéfalos) m., (when used as food) μυαλά (el) (myalá) n. pl. Guugu Yimidhirr: garu Haitian Creole: sèvo Hebrew: מוח (he) (móakh) m. Hindi: मस्तिष्क (hi) (mastiṣk) m. Hungarian: agy (hu) Icelandic: heili (is) m. Ido: cerebro Indonesian: otak (id) Interlingua: cerebro Italian: cervello m., cervella f. (when used as food) Japanese: 脳 (ja) (のう, nō), 脳髄 (ja) (のうずい, nōzui) Kabuverdianu: ALUPEC or ALUPEK: cerébr' Badiú: sirébru São Vicente: cerebro Kazakh: ми (kk) (mi) Khmer: ខួរក្បាល (km) (kʰuə kbaal)

Korean: 뇌 (ko) (noe) Kurdish: Kurmanji: mejî (ku) m. Sorani: مێشک Kyrgyz: мээ (ky) (mèè) Lao: ສະໝອງ (lo) (sa mǭng) Latgalian: smedzinis pl. Latin: cerebrum (la) n. Latvian: smadzenes (lv) pl. Lithuanian: smegenys (lt) pl. Luxembourgish: Gehir (lb) Macedonian: мозок (mk) (mózok) m. Malayalam: തലച്ചോറ്‌ (thalachchOru), മസ്തിഷ്ക്കം (masthishkkam) Mongolian: тархи (mn) (tarhi) Norwegian: hjerne (no) Pashto: ماغزه (ps) Persian: مغز (fa) (mağz) Polish: mózg (pl) m. Portuguese: cérebro (pt) m. Romanian: creier (ro) m. Russian: мозг (ru) (mozg) m. Scottish Gaelic: eanchainn f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мозак (sh) m. Roman: mozak (sh) m. Sicilian: ciriveddu m. Slovak: mozog (sk) m. Slovene: možgani (sl) m. pl. Sotho: boko (st) Spanish: cerebro (es) m. Swahili: ubongo (sw) Swedish: hjärna (sv) c. Tagalog: (literally) utak (tl) n., Tajik: мағз (tg) (maġz) Tatar: ми (tt) (mi) Telugu: మెదడు Thai: มันสมอง (th) (man sà-mŏng), สมอง (th) (sà-mŏng) Turkish: beyin (tr) Ukrainian: мозок (uk) (mózok) m. Urdu: دماغ (ur) (dimâġ) Vietnamese: óc (vi), não (vi) Volapük: brein (vo) Welsh: ymennydd (cy) West Frisian: harsen (fy) Wiradhuri: kábuka Yiddish: מוח (yi) (moyekh) m.

intelligent person

Armenian: մոզգ (hy) (mozg), խելքի տոպրակ (hy) (xelk’i toprak), խելք (hy) (xelk’) Bengali: জ্ঞানী  (bn), বিদ্যান  (bn) Bulgarian: мозък (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 聰明人, 聰明人 (cōngmíng rén) Dutch: brein (nl) n. Estonian: aju (slang) Finnish: älykkö (fi)

German: Superhirn (de) n., Intelligenzbestie (de) f. Greek: μυαλό (el) (myaló) n., διάνοια (el) (diánoia) f., ιδιοφυΐα (el) (idiofyḯa) f. Japanese: 頭のいい人 (atama no iihito), 秀才 (しゅうさい, shūsai) Malayalam: ബുദ്ധിമാന്‍ (buddhimaan) Portuguese: crânio m. (slang) Swahili: bongo (sw) Tagalog: (literally) matalino (tl)

person providing intelligence

Armenian: գլուխ (hy) (glux) Bengali: শাস্ত্রজ্ঞ  (bn) Bulgarian: мозък (bg) (mozak) m. Catalan: cervell m. Chinese: Mandarin: 智者, 智者 (jìzhě) Czech: mozek (cs) m. Dutch: brein (nl) n. Finnish: aivot (fi) pl.

French: cerveau (fr) m. German: Kopf (de) m. Greek: εγκέφαλος (el) (egkéfalos) m., μυαλό (el) (myaló) n. Japanese: 知的指導者 (ちてきしどうしゃ, chitekishidōsha), ブレーン (burēn) Russian: мозг (ru) (mozg) m., голова (ru) (golová) f. Swahili: bongo (sw) Swedish: hjärna (sv) c. Ukrainian: мозок m. (mozok)

brains: intellect

Armenian: խելք (hy) (xelk’) Bengali: বুদ্ধি  (bn), মেধা  (bn) Bulgarian: ум (bg) m., разсъдък (bg) pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 智力, 智力 (jìlì) Dutch: verstand (nl) m., intellect (nl) n. Esperanto: cerbo, intelekto, menso Estonian: aru, mõistus Finnish: äly (fi), älykkyys (fi), järki (fi), aivot (fi) pl. German: Verstand (de) m., Köpfchen (de) n., Grips (de) m., Hirn (de) n. Greek: μυαλό (el) (myaló) n., νοημοσύνη (el) (noimosýni) f., νους (el) (nous) m. Hebrew: שכל (sekhel) m. Japanese: 頭脳 (ずのう,zunō), 知力 (ちりょく, chiryoku), (burēn)

Latvian: prāts (lv) m., smadzenes (lv) pl. Lithuanian: protas (lt) m. Malayalam: ബുദ്ധി (buddhi) Portuguese: intelecto (pt) Romanian: intelect (ro) n. Russian: мозг (mozg) m. (usually plural мозги (mozgí)), башка (bašká) f., голова (golová) f., рассудок (rassúdok) m. Scottish Gaelic: eanchainn (gd) f. Slovene: možgani (sl) m. pl. Swahili: bongo (sw) Swedish: förstånd (sv) n. Tagalog: (literally) talino (tl) Vietnamese: trí óc (vi)

part of computer

Czech: mozek (cs) m. Estonian: aju (et) Finnish: aivot (fi) pl.

Greek: εγκέφαλος (el) (egkéfalos) m. Swahili: bongo (sw)

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Breton: empenn m. -où Indonesian: otak, benak Lithuanian: smegenys

Derived terms

terms derived from brain (noun)

beat someone's brains out brain candy brain cell brain coral brain damage brain dead brain death brain disease brain disorder brain doctor brain drain brain fag brain farm

brain fever brain fingerprinting brain food brain freeze brain mushroom brain science brain stem or brainstem brain sugar brain surgeon brain surgery brain-teaser brain truster brain tumor, brain tumour

brainbox braincase brainchild brainiac brainish brainless brainpan brainpower brainsick brainstorm brainwash brainwave brainworker brainy

forebrain left brain microbrain on the brain organic brain syndrome pick someone's brain rack one's brain or rack one's brains right brain split brain water on the brain yellow brain fungus

Verb

brain (third-person singular simple present brains, present participle braining, simple past and past participle brained)

1. (slang, transitive) To strike (someone) on the head.
2. (transitive) To kill (a person) by smashing that person's skull.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Translations

to strike on the head

Dutch: iemand op z'n kop slaan Finnish: iskeä päähän, kolkata (into unconsciousness)

Japanese: 頭を殴りつける (あたまをなぐりつける, atama wo naguritsukeru) Swahili: bongo (sw), bongo (sw)

to kill a person by smashing the skull

Bengali: মাথায় আঘাত করে হত্যা  (bn) Dutch: iemand de kop inslaan Finnish: lyödä aivot pihalle, murskata kallo

Japanese: 脳を打ち砕く (のうをうちくだく, nō wo uchikudaku) Swahili: bongo (sw)

Anagrams

• abrin
• bairn
• Brian