English

Noun

brin ‎(plural brins)

1. One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.

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2. A single silkworm thread extruded from the gland, before it has formed a bave.

French

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛ̃/

Noun

brin m ‎(plural brins)

1. blade (of grass)
2. sprig, twig
3. wisp, strand (of hair, fibre etc.)
4. (figuratively) ounce, bit, hint

See also

• fétu
• touffe

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Adjective

brin m (feminine singular brina, masculine plural brins, feminine plural brinas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) brown

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrín/
• Tonal orthography: brȉn

Noun

brìn m inan ‎(genitive brína, nominative plural bríni)

1. juniper

Declension