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bren¹

  • /bɹɛn/

Rhymes with -ɛn

Where it comes from

From Middle English brennen, from Old Norse brenna, brinna, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to set on fire”). Cognate with German brennen, Swedish bränna. Doublet of burn; see there for more.

verb brens · brenning · brenned · brent

  1. obsolete, transitive To burn (to set ablaze). And the greene grasse that groweth they shall bren, That even the wilde beast shall dy in starved den

Bren²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Czech Břeň.

proper noun Brens

  1. A surname from Czech.

Bren³

proper noun

  1. A female given name, clipping of Brenda.
  2. A male given name, clipping of Brendan.

Bren⁴

Where it comes from

See Bren gun.

noun Brens

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Bren gun

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@misc{bren_2026,
  title = {bren},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bren},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}