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

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Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
IPA^(key): /brɛi̯n/

Noun

brein n (plural breinen, diminutive breintje n)

Synonyms

hersenen

Anagrams

berin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish brú, broinn (“abdomen, belly; bowels, entrails; womb”).

Noun

brein f (genitive singular breinney)

(anatomy) (human) uterus, womb, matrix

Derived terms

Terms derived from brein

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

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brein	vrein	mrein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English brain

Noun

brein

brain

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɾeˈin/

Noun

brein (plural breins)

brain

Declension

declension of brein

	singular	plural
nominative	brein	breins
genitive	breina	breinas
dative	breine	breines
accusative	breini	breinis
predicative	breinu	breinus
vocative	o brein!	o breins!

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian brein, from Proto-Germanic *bragną. Akin to Low German Bregen, Brägen, English brain.

Noun

brein n (plural breinen)

brain
(figuratively) mind, intellect

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brīnijaz, *brīnaz. More at brine.

Alternative forms

brem, brim

Noun

brein n

brine; solution for pickling

Derived terms

breinsâlt

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