briny

English

Etymology

From brine +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪni/
• Rhymes: -aɪni

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Adjective

briny (comparative brinier or more briny, superlative briniest or most briny)

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.

   on the briny deep

Derived terms

• brinily
• brininess
• unbriny

Translations

salty

• Bulgarian: море́ (bg) (moré)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹹 / 咸 (zh) (xián)

• Finnish: suolainen (fi)
• French: saumâtre (fr) m or f
• German: salzig (de)
• Greek: αλμυρός (el) (almyrós)
• Hungarian: sós (hu)
• Italian: salmastro (it) m
• Manx: sailjey
• Portuguese: salgado (pt) m, salobro (pt) m, salobre m or f
• Spanish: salado (es), salitroso (es), salífero
• Tagalog: matabsing
• Turkish: tuzlu (tr)
• Volapük: salodik, salöfik (vo)

Noun

the briny

1. (slang) The sea.
   • 1978, Elvis Costello, “Crawling To The U.S.A.”, performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions:

     I thought I would go to the sea and shrink down very tiny / And slide inside the telephone wire that runs under the briny

Translations

sea — see sea

Cornish

Alternative forms

• brini

Noun

briny m pl

1. plural of bran (“crow”)