English Explanatory Dictionary

brink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
  2. The edge or border.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹɪŋk/ [ˈbɹʷɪŋk] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brink.wav /ˈbɹiŋk/ [ˈbɹʷiŋk] ~ [ˈbɹʷɪ̝ŋk] /ˈbɹæŋk/ [ˈbɹʷæŋk] /ˈbɹeɪ̯ŋk/ [ˈbɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] /ˈbɹɛ̃ŋk/ [ˈbɹʷɛ̃ŋk]

Word forms

brink brinks

Etymology

From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

Derived words

brinkless brinkmanship brinkmate brink pink brinksman on the brink on the brink of sea-brink

Translations

Armenian: եզր Armenian: ծայր Bulgarian: край Bulgarian: ръб Czech: pokraj Czech: hrana Czech: okraj Danish: kant Danish: rand Dutch: rand Dutch: steile rand Finnish: reuna Finnish: parras French: bord French: lisière German: Rand Ingrian: parras Irish: broinne Irish: colbha Italian: orlo Italian: bordo Italian: ciglio Māori: ripa tauārai Portuguese: beira Russian: край Russian: грань Scottish Gaelic: oir Slovak: pokraj Slovak: hrana Slovak: okraj Slovak: hranica Spanish: borde Spanish: límite Spanish: tope Swedish: kant
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