brawn

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English brawne, from Old French braon (“slice of meat, fleshy part, buttock”), from Frankish *brādon, *brādan, accusative form of *brādō (“roasted meat, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (“meat, roast”), of uncertain further origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“to burn, heat”). Akin to Old High German brāto (“tender meat”) (German Braten (“roast”)), Old English brǣde, brǣd (“flesh, meat”), Old Norse bráð (“raw meat”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɹɔːn/ (US) IPA(key): /bɹɔn/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɹɑn/ Rhymes: -ɔːn === Noun === brawn (countable and uncountable, plural brawns) Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb. Physical strength; muscularity. (chiefly British) Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat. (UK, dialectal) A boar. ==== Derived terms ==== brawny ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== aspic === Verb === brawn (third-person singular simple present brawns, present participle brawning, simple past and past participle brawned) (transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar. (intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar. ==== Derived terms ==== brawner ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Noun === brawn alternative form of brawne