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bran¹

  • /ˈbɹæn/ UK, US

Rhymes with -æn

Where it comes from

From Middle English bran, branne, bren, 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”)).

noun brans

  1. countable, uncountable 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.

verb brans · branning · branned

  1. transitive To clean (metal) using a branner.

bran²

Where it comes from

From a Celtic source; compare Welsh brân and Cornish bran.

noun brans

  1. The European carrion crow.

Bran³

Where it comes from

English surname, variant of Brann.

proper noun Brans

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: oat, roughage, fiber, mash, her, defence, saving, sound, fibre, mashes, muffins, sons, sounds, testa, husk, hull

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noun outside layer of a grain

Españolsalvado, acemite, afrecho
한국어겨 gyeo, 기울 giul
日本語麸 fusuma, 糠 nuka
中文麩皮 /麸皮 fūpí, 麩 /麸 fū, 糠 kāng
हिन्दीचोकर cokar
Portuguêsfarelo
Françaisson
DeutschKleie
Italianocrusca, semola
Ελληνικάπίτουρο pítouro
Românătărâțe
Русскийо́труби ótrubi, вы́севки výsevki
Tiếng Việtcám
العربيةنُخَالَة nuḵāla
עבריתסובים subím

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@misc{bran_2026,
  title = {bran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}