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bran
English
Etymology
From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reHg- (compare Latin fragr?re (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?b?æn/
- Rhymes: -æn
Noun
bran (countable and uncountable, plural brans)
- The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
- (ornithology) The European carrion crow.
Derived terms
- bolt to the bran
Translations
Further reading
- bran on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- NRAB, barn
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh?- (“crow”).
Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.
Noun
bran m (plural brini)
- crow, raven
Inflection
See also
- frav
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan brand, from Vulgar Latin *brandus, from Frankish *brand.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?b?an/
Noun
bran m (plural brans)
- broadsword
Related terms
- brandar
Further reading
- “bran” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bran” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “bran” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bran” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh?- (“crow”).
Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b?æ?n]
Noun
bran m (plural brini or briny)
- crow
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?bran]
Noun
bran f
- genitive plural of brána
Noun
bran f
- genitive plural of brány
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bran, from Primitive Irish ????? (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh?- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).
Noun
bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)
- (literary) raven
- Synonym: fiach
Declension
Derived terms
- branán m (“raven; a principal piece in ancient board-game set; prince”)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)
- bream (Abramis brama)
- Synonyms: bréan, deargán
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
bran m (genitive singular bran)
- Clipping of bran (mór) (“bran”).
- Clipping of bran beag (“pollard”).
Declension
Etymology 4
From English bran.
Noun
bran m (genitive singular bran)
- bran
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- "bran" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 bran (‘raven’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “bran” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bran” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old French
Noun
bran m (oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural bran)
- Alternative form of branc
Old Irish
Etymology
From Primitive Irish ????? (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *werneh?- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bran/
Noun
bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)
- raven
- Synonyms: fiach, trogan
Inflection
Descendants
- Irish: bran
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 bran”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *born?. Cognate with Polish bro?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brá?n/
Noun
br?n f
- defense
Inflection
Further reading
- “bran”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English bran.
Noun
bran m (uncountable)
- bran (broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain), husks
Derived terms
- bran gwenith (“wheat-bran”)
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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branny
English
Etymology
bran +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?æni/
Adjective
branny (comparative brannier, superlative branniest)
- Full of or resembling bran.
- 1929, Robert Thurston Hopkins, "A Ballade of Excellent Bread", in Kipling's Sussex Revisited
- Miller, miller, jolly and gay, / Grind me some of your best to-day; / Wholemeal flour branny and bold / Fill me as much as my bin will hold.
- 1929, Robert Thurston Hopkins, "A Ballade of Excellent Bread", in Kipling's Sussex Revisited
Synonyms
- furfuraceous
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