brim

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bɹɪm/
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A variant of breme.

As an English surname, spelling variant of Bream. As a Jewish surname, acronymically from Hebrew בן רבי (bén rabí, “son of Rabbi...”) followed by a Yiddish personal name. Compare Brill.

The noun is derived from Middle English brymme, brimme (“bank or edge of a lake or river; shore of a sea; brink; rim”); of unclear origin; compare Middle High German brem (“margin”). The verb is derived from the noun. cognates * Bavarian Bräm (“border, stripe”) * Danish bræmme (“border, edge, brim”) * obsolete German Bräme, Brame (“border, edge”) * Swedish bräm (“border, edge”) * Icelandic barmur (“edge, verge, brink”)

Inherited from Northern Middle English brym, bryme (“waterbody”), from Old English brim (“sea, surf”), from Proto-Germanic *brimą (“turbulence, surge; surf, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrem- (“to hum, make a noise”).

A variant of bream.

The verb is derived from Middle English brimmen (“of pigs: to be in heat or rut; to breed; to bear fruit”), either: * modified from brem, breme (“of animals: ferocious, savage; of fire, the sea, a storm, etc.: raging, severe, tempestuous; glorious, splendid; etc.”, adjective) (whence modern English breme (“(obsolete) fierce, stormy, tempestuous”)), from Old English brēme (“(poetic) glorious; famous, renowned”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz (“famous”); or * directly from Old English bremman (“to rage; to roar”) (though not attested in Middle English), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną, *bremaną (“to roar”); both from Proto-Indo-European *bhrem- (“to make noise”). The noun is derived from Middle English brim, from the verb: see above.

Clipping of brimstone (“sulphur; (figurative) a domineering, scolding woman”).

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: сит (sit) — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Bulgarian: бряг (brjag) — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Bulgarian: край (kraj) — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Catalan: vora — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Czech: okraj — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Dutch: boord — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Dutch: rand — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Finnish: laita — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Finnish: reuna — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Galician: aba — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Galician: beira — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• German: Rand — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Hungarian: szél — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Italian: bordo — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Khmer: មាត់ (mŏət) — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Middle English: brerd — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Portuguese: aba — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Scottish Gaelic: oir — border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge
• Arabic: حَافَة (ḥāfa) — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Bashkir: сит (sit) — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Central Bikol: ngilit — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb) — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Czech: hrana — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Czech: okraj — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Dutch: rand — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Finnish: nokka — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Finnish: reuna — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• French: bord — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Galician: arengo — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Galician: beira — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Galician: beiril — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Galician: borda — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Galician: borne — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Galician: canto — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• German: Rand — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Ancient Greek: χεῖλος (kheîlos) — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Hungarian: száj — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Hungarian: szél — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Italian: bordo — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Italian: orlo — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Middle English: brerd — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Classical Nahuatl: tēntli — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Polish: krawędź — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Portuguese: boca — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Russian: край (kraj) — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Scottish Gaelic: oir — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Sicilian: orlu — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Sicilian: orru — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Spanish: borde — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Swedish: brädd — topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container
• Bulgarian: напълвам догоре (napǎlvam dogore) — to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge
• Dutch: tot de rand toe vullen — to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge
• Finnish: täyttää (piripintaan) — to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge
• Finnish: kaataa täyteen — to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge
• French: remplir à ras bord — to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge
• Georgian: ლიცლიცებს (liclicebs) — to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge
• Georgian: გადაივსება (gadaivseba) — to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge
• Bulgarian: пълен догоре (pǎlen dogore) — to be full until almost overflowing
• Danish: bramme med — to be full until almost overflowing
• Dutch: overlopen — to be full until almost overflowing
• Finnish: olla täynnä — to be full until almost overflowing
• Finnish: pursua — to be full until almost overflowing
• Georgian: ლიცლიცებს (liclicebs) — to be full until almost overflowing
• Georgian: გადაივსება (gadaivseba) — to be full until almost overflowing
• Hebrew: גדוש (gadush) — to be full until almost overflowing
• Hungarian: csordultig telt — to be full until almost overflowing
• Italian: traboccare — to be full until almost overflowing
• Italian: essere colmo — to be full until almost overflowing
• Italian: essere pieno zeppo — to be full until almost overflowing
• Russian: наполня́ться до краёв (napolnjátʹsja do krajóv) — to be full until almost overflowing
• Sicilian: èssiri curmu — to be full until almost overflowing
• Sicilian: èssiri accucucciatu — to be full until almost overflowing
• Sicilian: pranciri — to be full until almost overflowing
• Sicilian: papariari — to be full until almost overflowing
• Sicilian: èssiri mpampanatu — to be full until almost overflowing