bristle

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• /ˈbɹɪs.ɫ/
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• /ˈbɹɪsəl/
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• rhymes with -ɪsəl
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• /ˈbɹʌsəl/ dated, rural folk speech of New England and Upstate New York
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• /ˈbɹɪstəl/ dated, Southern US rural folk speech
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From Middle English bristil, bristel, brustel, from Old English bristl, byrst, *brystl, *byrstel, from Proto-West Germanic *burstilu, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (compare Dutch borstel, German Borste (“boar's bristle”), Icelandic burst), from Proto-Indo-European *bhr̥stís (compare Middle Irish brostaid (“to goad, spur”), Latin fastīgium (“top”), Polish barszcz (“hogweed”)).

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: четина (četina) — stiff or coarse hair
• Catalan: cerra — stiff or coarse hair
• Czech: štětina — stiff or coarse hair
• Danish: børste — stiff or coarse hair
• Dutch: stoppelhaar — stiff or coarse hair
• Estonian: okaskarv — stiff or coarse hair
• Estonian: okas — stiff or coarse hair
• Estonian: harjas — stiff or coarse hair
• Estonian: tüügas — stiff or coarse hair
• Faroese: bust — stiff or coarse hair
• Finnish: harjas — stiff or coarse hair
• French: soie — stiff or coarse hair
• Galician: seda — stiff or coarse hair
• Galician: serda — stiff or coarse hair
• German: Borste — stiff or coarse hair
• Ancient Greek: μῆριγξ (mêrinx) — stiff or coarse hair
• Hawaiian: heu — stiff or coarse hair
• Hungarian: sörte — stiff or coarse hair
• Italian: pelo ispido — stiff or coarse hair
• Italian: barba corta ispida — stiff or coarse hair
• Latin: saeta — stiff or coarse hair
• Macedonian: четина (četina) — stiff or coarse hair
• Māori: wana — stiff or coarse hair
• Māori: perehina — stiff or coarse hair
• Māori: tarakina — stiff or coarse hair
• Norwegian: bust — stiff or coarse hair
• Occitan: pel — stiff or coarse hair
• Polish: szczecina — stiff or coarse hair
• Polish: sierść — stiff or coarse hair
• Portuguese: cerda — stiff or coarse hair
• Russian: щети́на (ščetína) — stiff or coarse hair
• Serbo-Croatian: čekinja — stiff or coarse hair
• Serbo-Croatian: kostret — stiff or coarse hair
• Serbo-Croatian: kostrijet — stiff or coarse hair
• Serbo-Croatian: četina — stiff or coarse hair
• Serbo-Croatian: osje — stiff or coarse hair
• Spanish: cerda — stiff or coarse hair
• Spanish: ceda — stiff or coarse hair
• Spanish: seta — stiff or coarse hair
• Spanish: seda — stiff or coarse hair
• Spanish: crin — stiff or coarse hair
• Spanish: crines — stiff or coarse hair
• Spanish: clin — stiff or coarse hair
• Swedish: borst — stiff or coarse hair
• Swedish: svinborst — stiff or coarse hair
• Tagalog: tutsang — stiff or coarse hair
• Turkish: sert kıl — stiff or coarse hair
• Ottoman Turkish: قیل (qıl) — stiff or coarse hair
• Ukrainian: щети́на (ščetýna) — stiff or coarse hair
• Welsh: gwrych — stiff or coarse hair
• Danish: børste — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Danish: børstehår — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Dutch: borstelhaar — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Estonian: harjas — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Finnish: harjas — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• French: poil — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• German: Borste — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Hungarian: sörte — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Hungarian: szőr — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Hungarian: szál — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Italian: setola — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Italian: setole — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Occitan: pel — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Polish: włosie — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Portuguese: cerda — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Russian: щети́на (ščetína) — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Russian: ворс (vors) — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Spanish: cerda — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Spanish: cerdamen — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Swedish: borst — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Turkish: kıl — hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.
• Bulgarian: настръхвам (nastrǎhvam) — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Czech: ježit se — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Czech: naježit se — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Czech: vstát — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Esperanto: hirtiĝi — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Estonian: turritama — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• French: se hérisser — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Galician: erizar — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Galician: encrechar — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Galician: recachar — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• German: sträuben — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Polish: najeżać się — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Polish: najeżyć się — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Portuguese: eriçar — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Russian: щети́ниться (ščetínitʹsja) — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Russian: ощети́ниваться (oščetínivatʹsja) — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Russian: ощети́ниться (oščetínitʹsja) — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Russian: топо́рщиться (topórščitʹsja) — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Spanish: erizarse — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Spanish: horripilarse — to rise or stand erect, like bristle
• Czech: hemžit se — to abound
• Czech: být plný — to abound
• Czech: naježit se — to be on one's guard
• Dutch: recht overeind staan — to be on one's guard
• Dutch: stekelig reageren — to be on one's guard
• German: sträuben — to be on one's guard
• Polish: jeżyć się — to be on one's guard
• Polish: zjeżyć się — to be on one's guard
• Spanish: ponerse a la defensiva — to be on one's guard
• Swedish: resa — to be on one's guard
• Swedish: stå på ända — to be on one's guard
• Swedish: resa ragg — to be on one's guard
• Swedish: lystra — to be on one's guard
• Swedish: skjuta rygg — to be on one's guard