bren

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English brennen, from Old English bærnan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną (“to set on fire”). Cognate with German brennen, Swedish bränna. Doublet of burn; see there for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹɛn/ Rhymes: -ɛn === Verb === bren (third-person singular simple present brens, present participle brenning, simple past brenned, past participle brenned or brent) (obsolete, transitive) To burn (to set ablaze). ==== Related terms ==== brending === Anagrams === Bern, NBER, Nebr. == Albanian == === Alternative forms === breh === Etymology === Related to bredh (“fir”). === Noun === bren m silver fir (Abies alba) == Australian Kriol == === Etymology === From English friend. === Noun === bren friend == Catalan == === Etymology === From Old Catalan breny, from Gaulish *brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”). Cognate with English bran. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɾɛn] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈbɾən] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾen] === Noun === bren m (plural brens) bran Synonym: segó === Further reading === “bren”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “bren”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “bren” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== bren alternative form of bran 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Reeve's Tale: 197-9 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== bren alternative form of brennen == Old French == === Alternative forms === bran, brent, brin === Etymology === Celtic loanword, from Gaulish *brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”). === Noun === bren oblique singular, m (nominative singular brens) bran ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ French: berner → Middle English: bran, branne, brenEnglish: branYola: bran → Old Galician-Portuguese: bren === References === “bren”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. == Welsh == === Noun === bren soft mutation of pren === Mutation ===