# bran
## English
### Etymology 1

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 *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA: /ˈbɹæn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* 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.

##### Derived terms

* bolt to the bran
* branflake
* branlike
* branmeal
* bran-new
* branny
* bran pie
* brantail
* bran tub
* debran
* raisin bran

##### Translations
#### Verb

bran (third-person singular simple present brans, present participle branning, simple past and past participle branned)
* (transitive) To clean (metal) using a branner.

### Etymology 2

From a Celtic source; compare Welsh brân and Cornish bran.

#### Noun

bran (plural brans)
* (ornithology) The European carrion crow.

### Further reading

* bran on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Barn, NRAB, barn, N-bar

## Breton
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”).
Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.

### Noun

bran m (plural brini)
* crow, raven

#### Inflection
### See also

* frav

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *brandus, from Frankish *brand.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾan]

### 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, 2025
* “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 *werneh₂- (“crow”). Cognate with Welsh brân.
Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna, Slovene vrana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɹæːn]

### Noun

bran m (plural brini)
* crow

#### Derived terms

* bran dre (“rook”)
* bran vras (“raven”)
* paw bran (“buttercup”)

### Mutation
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbran]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

bran f
* genitive plural of brána

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bran f
* genitive plural of brány

## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish bran, from Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna, Slovene vrana.)

#### Noun

bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)
* (literary) raven
    Synonym: fiach

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bran
brain
vocative
a bhrain
a bhrana
genitive
brain
bran
dative
bran
brain
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bran
na brain
genitive
an bhrain
na mbran
dative
leis an mbran don bhran
leis na brain :

##### 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

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bran
brain
vocative
a bhrain
a bhrana
genitive
brain
bran
dative
bran
brain
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bran
na brain
genitive
an bhrain
na mbran
dative
leis an mbran don bhran
leis na brain :

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

bran m (genitive singular bran)
* Clipping of bran (mór) (“bran”).
* Clipping of bran beag (“pollard”).

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
bran
vocative
a bhran
genitive
bran
dative
bran
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an bran
genitive
an bhran
dative
leis an mbran don bhran :

### Etymology 4

From English bran.

#### Noun

bran m (genitive singular bran)
* bran

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
bran
vocative
a bhran
genitive
bran
dative
bran
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an bran
genitive
an bhran
dative
leis an mbran don bhran :

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bran”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bran (‘raven’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bran”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “bran”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* branne, bren

### Etymology

From Old French bren, from Gaulish *brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bran/, /brɛn/, /braːn/

### Noun

bran
* The ground husk of wheat

#### Descendants

* English: bran
* Yola: bran

#### References

* “brā̆n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Old French
### Noun

bran oblique singular, m (oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural bran)
* Alternative form of branc

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bran/

### Noun

bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)
* raven
    Synonyms: fiach, trogan

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

#### Descendants

* Irish: bran

### Mutation

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

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bran”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bornь. Cognate with Polish broń.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bráːn/

#### Noun

brȃn f
* defense

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

bran
* genitive dual/plural of brana

### Further reading

* “bran”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## 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

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

### 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

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English bran, from Old French bran, bren, from Gaulish brennos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bran/

### Noun

bran
* bran
** 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:Aar was a gooude puddeen maate o bran.There was a good pudding made of bran.

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 93