brein
See also: bréin
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch brein, next to the more common bragen, bregen, from Old Dutch *bragan, *bregin, from Proto-Germanic *bragną. Cognate with West Frisian brein, Low German Bregen, Brägen, English brain.
Pronunciation
Noun
brein n (plural breinen, diminutive breintje n)
Synonyms
Anagrams
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish brú, broinn (“abdomen, belly; bowels, entrails; womb”).
Noun
brein f (genitive singular breinney)
Derived terms
- beeal ny breinney, mhuinneel ny breinney (“cervix”)
- brein lhuingey (“hold”)
- brein ny thallooin (“bowels of the earth”)
- çhingys breinney (“womb illness”)
- cowrey breinney (“birthmark”)
- gorley breinney (“hysteria”)
- kanghyr ny breinney (“uterine cancer”)
- veih'n vrein (“congenital”)
Mutation
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
Noun
brein
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
brein (nominative plural breins)
Declension
declension of brein
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian brein, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
Noun
brein n (plural breinen)
Further reading
- “brein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brīnijaz, *brīnaz.
Noun
brein n (no plural)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “brein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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