name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
brin
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Pronunciation
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/ˈbɹɪn/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɪn
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homophone: Bryn
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CMU ARPABET: B R IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
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noun
Meaning 3
A single silkworm thread extruded from the gland, before it has formed a bave.
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History
Etymology
* As a Jewish surname, from Brin, the Yiddish name for Brno. * Also as a Jewish surname, from a Hebrew acronym בן רבי (ben rabi, “son of rabbi”) followed by a Yiddish personal name, similar to Brill. * As a French surname, from the adjective brin (“loud, quarrelsome”).
Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin