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brawn

/bˈɹɔːn/BRAWN
/bˈɹɔn/BRAWN

Meaningpiece of meat

Common meaning: physical strength

Journey through time

  1. Old High Germanbrato‘piece of meat’source
  2. Old Frenchbraon‘piece of flesh’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftspiece of flesh → muscle or meatbraun‘muscle or meat’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsmuscle or meat → physical strengthbrawn‘physical strength’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old High German brato ‘piece of meat’.

Roots

  • brato Old High German “piece of meat”

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