brawn
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brawn¹
- /bɹɔːn/ UK
- /bɹɔn/ US
- /bɹɑn/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɔːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, oblique forms 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”).
noun brawns
- Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
- Physical strength; muscularity. The builders at the site had more brawn than brain.
- Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat. Now if your Majesty would have our bristles To bind your mortar with, or fill our colons With rich blood, or make brawn out of our gristles, In policy—ask else your royal Solons— You ought to give us hog-wash and clean straw, And sties well thatched; besides it is the law!
- A boar. And loud as brawns wer [they] snoring,
verb brawns · brawning · brawned
- Make fat, especially of a boar.
- Become fat, especially of a boar.
Brawn²
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, probably a variant of Brand.
* As a German surname, possibly altered from Braun.
proper noun Brawns
- A surname.
Translations
Every language
noun strong muscles
| Français | muscle |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Muskelkraft |
| Ελληνικά | ποντίκι pontíki |
| Română | mușchi |
| Русский | мускулы muskuly, мышцы myšcy |
noun physical strength, muscularity
| 中文 | 膂力 lǚlì |
|---|---|
| Français | muscle |
| Ελληνικά | δύναμη dýnami |
| Русский | мускулистость muskulistostʹ |
noun terrine
| Español | queso de cabeza, cabeza de jabalí |
|---|---|
| Français | fromage de tête, tête pressée, tête marbrée, tête fromagée, hure |
| Deutsch | Sülze |
| Ελληνικά | πηχτή pichtí |
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title = {brawn},
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