brin

B3R1I1N1
/ˈbɹɪn/

noun

One of the radiating sticks of a fan. The outermost are larger and longer, and are called panaches.

OriginFrench brin →
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Meanings

brin1

nounbrin (plural brins)

plural 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

proper nounBrin (plural Brins)

plural Brins

  1. A surname.

Origin

brin · noun

  1. Frenchbrin
  2. Englishbrin

Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin

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Brin · proper noun

* 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”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with brin

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Sounds the same

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Chicago

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