brin

See also brīn

English

Etymology

French

Noun

brin (plural brins)

1. One of the radiating sticks of a fan.

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Usage notes

• The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /bʁɛ̃/, X-SAMPA: /bRE~/

Noun

brin m (plural brins)

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

See also

• fétu
• touffe

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Adjective

brin m f brina, m plural brins, f plural brinas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) brown

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Slovene

Noun

brin m inan.

1. juniper