# brin
## English
### Etymology

Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɹɪn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪn

### Noun

brin (plural brins)
* One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
* A single silkworm thread extruded from the gland, before it has formed a bave.

### References

* ↑ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Brin”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
* “brin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* IBNR, RNIB

## French
### Etymology

Unknown origin; possibly of Gaulish origin (compare Catalan bri, Spanish brenca (“fiber”), brinza (“blade of grass, filament”)), from Proto-Celtic *brinikā, from *brinos (“filament, fiber”) (compare Breton broenenn, Welsh brwynen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁɛ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* (Louisiana) IPA: [bɾæ̃]
* Rhymes: -ɛ̃
* Homophone: brun (some speakers)

### Noun

brin m (plural brins)
* blade (of grass)
* sprig, twig
* wisp, strand (of hair, fibre etc.)
* (figuratively) ounce, bit, hint

### See also

* fétu
* touffe

### References

* Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 257, 258
* “brin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
* Remacle, Louis (1984): La différenciation des géminées mm, nn en mb, nd: sur l'étymologie des termes landon et flamber et des toponymes hambê, hambâ, p. 45
* “brin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

### Further reading

* “brin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* bregn (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
* brün (Puter, Vallader)

### Etymology

From a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“grey, brown”).

### Adjective

brin m (feminine singular brina, masculine plural brins, feminine plural brinas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) brown

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *brinъ (“sp. of conifer”). Compare Serbo-Croatian brȋn, Polish brzyn. Maybe related to Ancient Greek πρῖνος (prînos, “holm oak”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brín/

### Noun

brȉn m inan
* juniper

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “brin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

## Welsh
### Adjective

brin
* Soft mutation of prin.

### Adverb

brin
* Soft mutation of prin.

### Noun

brin
* Soft mutation of prin.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.