brine

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English brine, bryne, from Old English brīne, from Proto-West Germanic *brīnā, from Proto-Germanic *brīnǭ (“salt water, brine”) (compare Scots brime, West Frisian brein, Dutch brijn (“brine”), West Flemish brijne), of unknown ultimate origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut, maim”). Cognates include Old Irish ro·bria (“may hurt, damage”), Latin friāre (“to rub, crumble”), Slovene bríti (“to shave, shear”), Albanian brej (“to gnaw”), Sanskrit बृणाति (bṛṇā́ti, “they injure, hurt”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri (compare Latin marīnus). === Pronunciation === enPR: brīn, IPA(key): /bɹaɪn/ Rhymes: -aɪn === Noun === brine (usually uncountable, plural brines) Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling. The sea or ocean; the water of the sea. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === brine (third-person singular simple present brines, present participle brining, simple past and past participle brined) (transitive) To preserve food in a salt solution. (transitive) To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution. ==== Antonyms ==== debrine desalinate ==== Derived terms ==== debrine embrine briner ==== Translations ==== === See also === bittern === Anagrams === Biren, Brien, biner, rebin == Italian == === Noun === brine f plural of brina === Anagrams === Berni, nerbi == Middle English == === Noun === brine alternative form of bryne == Old English == === Alternative forms === brȳne === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *brīnā, from Proto-Germanic *brīnǭ (“brine”), of unknown ultimate origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *mr-īnó-, from *móri (“sea, standing water”). Compare Middle Dutch brine ("brine, salt liquor"; whence Dutch brijn), West Frisian brein (“brine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbriː.ne/ === Noun === brīne f brine ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bryne, brine, briyn, brinEnglish: brineYola: brine === References === == Serbo-Croatian == === Verb === brine (Cyrillic spelling брине) third-person singular present of brinuti == Slovene == === Noun === brine accusative plural of brin == Yola == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bryne, from Old English brīne. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /briːn/ ==== Noun ==== brine salt water === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== brine alternative form of bryne (“brain”) === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 13