bran
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -æn
Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (compare Welsh braen ‘stench’, Irish bréan ‘rancid’), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁g- (compare Latin fragrāre ‘to smell strongly’, Dutch brak ‘hound’).
Noun [edit]
bran (countable and uncountable; plural brans)
- The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
- The European carrion crow.
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Anagrams [edit]
Breton [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Celtic *brano, from Proto-Indo-European *u̯er- ‘crow’ (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).
Noun [edit]
bran m
Inflection [edit]
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Cornish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Celtic *brano, from Proto-Indo-European *u̯er- ‘crow’ (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [bɹæːn]
Noun [edit]
Irish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old Irish bran, from Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).
Noun [edit]
bran m (genitive brain, nominative plural brain)
- (literary) raven
Declension [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
bran m (genitive brain, nominative plural brain)
Declension [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
Mutation [edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bran | bhran | mbran |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Old Irish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Celtic *brano- (“raven”).
Noun [edit]
bran m
Synonyms [edit]
Slovene [edit]
Noun [edit]
bran f
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Gaulish
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- Breton terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Breton terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Breton nouns
- br:Birds
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Cornish nouns
- kw:Birds
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish nouns
- Irish literary terms
- ga:Birds
- ga:Fish
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish nouns
- sga:Birds
- Slovene nouns
- Slovene feminine nouns