brein
See also: bréin
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch brein, next to the more common bragen, bregen, from Old Dutch *bragan, *bregin, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
Cognate with West Frisian brein, Low German Bregen, Brägen, English brain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brɛi̯n/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: brein
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
Noun
brein n (plural breinen, diminutive breintje n)
- brain
- mastermind
Synonyms
- (brain): hersenen
Derived terms
- breinbaas
- breinloos
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
- 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 (nominative plural breins)
- brain
Declension
declension of brein
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | brein | breins |
| genitive | breina | breinas |
| dative | breine | breines |
| accusative | breini | breinis |
| vocative 1 | o brein! | o breins! |
| predicative 2 | breinu | breinus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian brein, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.
Noun
brein n (plural breinen)
- brain
- (figuratively) mind, intellect
Further reading
- “brein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brīnijaz, *brīnaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri.
Noun
brein n (no plural)
- brine; solution for pickling
Alternative forms
- brem
- brim
Derived terms
- breinsâlt
Further reading
- “brein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011