Meanings
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Origin
brame · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrem-“to make a noise; hum; buzz”
- Proto-Germanic*bramjaną“to roar; bellow”
- Frankish*brammjan
- Germanic
- Old Frenchbrame
- Middle Englishbrame
- Englishbrame
From Middle English brame, from Old French brame, bram (“a cry of pain or longing; a yammer”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *brammjan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną (“to roar; bellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make a noise; hum; buzz”). Compare Old High German breman (“to roar”), Old English bremman (“to roar”). More at brim. Compare breme.
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- Frankish*brammjan“to roar”
- Old Frenchbrame“cry, howl”
- EnglishBrame
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Bream. * As a French surname, of Occitan origin, from Old French brame (“cry, howl”), itself a Germanic borrowing from Frankish *brammjan (“to roar”).
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brame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brame
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