burin

Etymology

From French.

Noun

burin (plural burins)

1. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
   • 2006, Stefan Zweig, Chess, translated by Anthea Bell, London: Penguin,

     I kept staring at the same wallpaper on the same wall; I stared at it so often that every line of its zigzag pattern has etched itself on the innermost folds of my brain as if with an engraver’s burin.

2. A prehistoric flint tool.

Anagrams

• Bruni, Rubin, bruin, rub in, rubin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.ʁɛ̃/

Noun

burin m (plural burins)

1. chisel or another similar tool

Further reading

• “burin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bruni