different between brink vs briny

English

Etymology

Middle English brinke, from Old Norse *brenka, brinka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ren- (“project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), dialectal German Brunkel, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

brink (plural brinks)

1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.

   the brink of a river

2. (figuratively) The edge or border

   the brink of success

   He's on the brink of madness.

Derived terms

• brinkmanship
• on the brink

Translations

Further reading

• brink in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brink in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch brinc, from Old Dutch brink, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz.

Cognate with English brink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br??k/
• Hyphenation: brink
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

brink m (plural brinken, diminutive brinkje n)

1. village green, functioning as a central square
2. edge or margin of a field
3. edge or margin of a hill
4. grassy edge or margin of a strip of land
5. grassland

Derived terms

• brinkdorp

Middle English

Noun

brink

1. Alternative form of brinke

English

Etymology

brine +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?a?ni/

Adjective

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

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

Translations

Noun

the briny

1. (slang) The sea.

Translations

Cornish

Alternative forms

• brini

Noun

briny m pl

1. plural of bran (“crow”)