brein

See also: bréin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch brein, next to the more common bragen, bregen, from Old Dutch *bragan, *bregin, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.

Cognate with West Frisian brein, Low German Bregen, Brägen, English brain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɛi̯n/

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• Hyphenation: brein
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

Noun

brein n (plural breinen, diminutive breintje n)

1. brain
2. mastermind

Synonyms

• (brain): hersenen

Derived terms

• breinbaas
• breinloos

Anagrams

• berin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish brú, broinn (“abdomen, belly; bowels, entrails; womb”).

Noun

brein f (genitive singular breinney)

1. (anatomy) (human) uterus, womb, matrix

Derived terms

• beeal ny breinney, mhuinneel ny breinney (“cervix”)
• brein lhuingey (“hold”)
• brein ny thallooin (“bowels of the earth”)
• çhingys breinney (“womb illness”)
• cowrey breinney (“birthmark”)
• gorley breinney (“hysteria”)
• kanghyr ny breinney (“uterine cancer”)
• veih'n vrein (“congenital”)

Mutation

Mutation of brein

radical	lenition	eclipsis
brein	vrein	mrein

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

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English brain.

Noun

brein

1. brain

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾeˈin/

Noun

brein (nominative plural breins)

1. brain

Declension

Declension of brein

	singular	plural
nominative	brein	breins
genitive	breina	breinas
dative	breine	breines
accusative	breini	breinis
vocative 1	o brein!	o breins!
predicative 2	breinu	breinus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian brein, from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną.

Noun

brein n (plural breinen)

1. brain
2. (figuratively) mind, intellect

Further reading

• “brein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brīnijaz, *brīnaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri.

Noun

brein n (no plural)

1. brine; solution for pickling

Alternative forms

• brem
• brim

Derived terms

• breinsâlt

Further reading

• “brein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011