name · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/bɹɔːn/
US:/bɹɔn/
cot-caught-merger:/bɹɑn/
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rhymes with -ɔːn
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
Physical strength; muscularity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The builders at the site had more brawn than brain.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A boar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
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6
verb
Meaning 6
Make fat, especially of a boar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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7
verb
Meaning 7
Become fat, especially of a boar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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8
noun
Meaning 8
possessing muscular strength
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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* As an English surname, probably a variant of Brand. * As a German surname, possibly altered from Braun.
From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bhreh1- (“to burn, heat”). Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”).
Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
մկաններ
(mkanner)
— strong muscles
Armenian:
մկանունք
(mkanunkʻ)
— strong muscles
Armenian:
դնդերք
(dnderkʻ)
— strong muscles
Bulgarian:
мускули
(muskuli)
— strong muscles
Bulgarian:
физическа сила
(fizičeska sila)
— strong muscles
Czech:
svaly
— strong muscles
Dutch:
spierkracht
— strong muscles
Dutch:
spieren
— strong muscles
Finnish:
lihakset
— strong muscles
Finnish:
lihasmassa
— strong muscles
French:
muscle
— strong muscles
German:
Muskelkraft
— strong muscles
Greek:
ποντίκι
(pontíki)
— strong muscles
Latin:
torus
— strong muscles
Middle English:
brawne
— strong muscles
Old English:
līra
— strong muscles
Polish:
silne mięśnie
— strong muscles
Romanian:
mușchi
— strong muscles
Russian:
мускулы
(muskuly)
— strong muscles
Russian:
мышцы
(myšcy)
— strong muscles
Serbo-Croatian:
mišićavost
— strong muscles
Serbo-Croatian:
muskuloznost
— strong muscles
Armenian:
ֆիզիկական ուժ
(fizikakan už)
— physical strength, muscularity
Chinese Mandarin:
膂力
(lǚlì)
— physical strength, muscularity
Czech:
fyzická síla
— physical strength, muscularity