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brin¹

  • /ˈbɹɪn/

Sounds like Bryn · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin

noun brins

  1. One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.
  2. A single silkworm thread extruded from the gland, before it has formed a bave.

Brin²

Where it comes from

* 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”).

proper noun Brins

  1. A surname.

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"brin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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brin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/brin

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"brin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/brin.

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@misc{brin_2026,
  title = {brin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}