bren

See also: Bren, BrEn, and brén

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Verb

bren (third-person singular simple present brens, present participle brenning, simple past brenned, past participle brenned or brent)

  1. (obsolete) To burn (to set ablaze).
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

Anagrams

Albanian
Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to bredh 'fir'.

Noun

bren m

  1. silver fir (Abies alba)

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

bren m (plural brens)

  1. leader, master, chieftain

Etymology 2

From Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”)

Noun

bren m (plural brens)

  1. bran

Kriol

Etymology

From English friend.

Noun

bren

  1. friend

Middle English

Noun

bren

  1. bran
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Old French

Alternative forms

Noun

bren m (nominative singular brens)

  1. bran

Descendants

Welsh

Noun

bren

  1. Soft mutation of pren.
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