briny

English

Etymology

brine +‎ -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɪni/
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Adjective

briny (comparative brinier or more briny, superlative briniest or most briny)

Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.

Translations

salty

Bulgarian: море (bg) (moré)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鹹 (zh) (xián)
Finnish: suolainen (fi)
French: saumâtre (fr) m or f
German: salzig (de)
Greek: αλμυρός (el) (almyrós)

Hungarian: sós (hu)
Italian: salmastro (it) m
Manx: sailjey
Portuguese: salgado (pt) m, salobro (pt) m, salobre m or f
Tagalog: matabsing
Turkish: tuzlu (tr)
Volapük: salodik, salöfik (vo)

Noun

the briny

(slang) The sea.

Translations

sea — see sea

Cornish

Alternative forms

brini

Noun

briny m pl

plural of bran (“crow”)

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