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Webster 1913 Edition

Bran

Bran

,
Noun.
[OE.
bren
,
bran
, OF.
bren
, F.
bran
, from Celtic; cf. Armor.
brenn
, Ir.
bran
, bran, chaff.]
1.
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.
2.
(Zool.)
The European carrion crow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bran

BRAN

,
Noun.
The outer coat of wheat, rye or other farinaceous grain, separated from the flour by grinding.

Definition 2025

bran

bran

See also: brân

English

Noun

bran ‎(countable and uncountable, plural brans)

  1. 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.
  2. The European carrion crow.

Translations

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‎(“crow”).

Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.

Noun

bran m

  1. crow, raven

Inflection

See also

  • frav

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‎(“crow”).

Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɹæːn]

Noun

bran m ‎(plural brini or briny)

  1. crow

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bran m ‎(genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)

  1. (literary) raven
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

bran m ‎(genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)

  1. bream (Abramis brama)
Synonyms

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bran bhran mbran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old French

Noun

bran m ‎(oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural bran)

  1. Alternative form of branc

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bran/

Noun

bran m ‎(genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)

  1. raven

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bran bran
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ 		mbran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “1 bran” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbráːn/
  • Tonal orthography: brȃn

Noun

brán f ‎(genitive braní, nominative plural braní)

  1. defense

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from English bran.

Noun

bran m

  1. bran (broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain), husks

Derived terms

  • bran gwenith ‎(“wheat-bran”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bran fran mran unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Etymology

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

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