bran

From Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

bran (countable and uncountable, plural brans)

1. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
2. (ornithology) The European carrion crow.

• NRAB, barn

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”).

Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.

bran m (plural brini)

1. crow, raven

• frav

From Old Occitan brand, from Vulgar Latin *brandus, from Frankish *brand.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾan/

bran m (plural brans)

1. broadsword

• brandar

• “bran” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bran” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “bran” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bran” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Brythonic *bran, from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”).

Compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna.

• IPA^(key): [bɹæːn]

bran m (plural brini or briny)

1. crow

From Old Irish bran, from Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos, from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).

bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)

1. (literary) raven

   Synonym: fiach

• branán m (“raven; a principal piece in ancient board-game set; prince”)

bran m (genitive singular brain, nominative plural brain)

1. bream (Abramis brama)

   Synonyms: bréan, deargán

bran m (genitive singular bran)

1. Clipping of bran (mór) (“bran”).
2. Clipping of bran beag (“pollard”).

• "bran" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 bran (‘raven’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “bran” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bran” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

bran m (oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural bran)

1. Alternative form of branc

From Primitive Irish ᚁᚏᚐᚅᚐ (brana), from Proto-Celtic *branos (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *werneh₂- (“crow”) (compare Tocharian B wrauña, Lithuanian várna).

• IPA^(key): /bran/

bran m (genitive brain or broin, nominative plural brain or broin)

1. raven

   Synonyms: fiach, trogan

• Irish: bran

• “1 bran” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

From Proto-Slavic *bornь. Cognate with Polish broń.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbráːn/
• Tonal orthography: brȃn

brán f (genitive braní, nominative plural braní)

1. defense

Borrowed from English bran.

bran m (plural {{{2}}})

1. bran (broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain), husks

• bran gwenith (“wheat-bran”)

• Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “bran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies