brain

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
2. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
3. (informal) An intelligent person.
4. (informal) An intelligent person.
5. Intellect.
6. Intellect.
7. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
8. (slang) Oral sex.
9. (informal) Mind.
10. A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.

Verb

1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
2. (slang) To strike (someone) on the head.
3. To destroy; to put an end to.
4. (obsolete) To conceive in the mind; to understand.

Sinònims

mind

intellect

intelligence

head

mentality

brains

encephalon

cerebrum

wit

reason

knowledge

cerebral

Einstein

genius

mastermind

sense

nous

brainiac

brainpower

thick

ability

highbrow

mental capacity

intellectual

psyche

learning ability

skull

💀

marrow

marbles

medulla oblongata

mental

pate

pith

point

pundit

retroflex

saneness

science

shrewdness

smart

sophisticated

tact

talent

testicle

thinking

🤔

wisdom

wits

cephalon

clerisy

electronic brain

inner part

one’s brains

optic chiasma

memory

brain box

electron calculating machine

electronic computing machine

electron computer

luggage, baggage

craftspersonship

learning season

acceptation

acumen

bone marrow

brahman

brainy

brightness

cerebellum

cerebric

chief

cranium

creator

egghead

electronic calculator

electronic computer

encephalic

esprit

etc.

fluid

gray matter

gumption

headpiece

hypothalamus

intelligent

intelligentsia

judgement

learning

maker

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/bɹeɪn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: brayn

Heretat de anglès antic: bræġn

Cognat amb escocès: braine

Cognat amb frisó septentrional: brayen

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Brainge

Cognat amb frisó occidental: brein

Cognat amb neerlandès: brein

Cognat amb baix alemany: Brägen

Cognat amb alemany: Bregen

Cognat amb grec antic: βρεχμός

In summary

From Middle English brayn, brain, from Old English bræġn (“brain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bragn, from Proto-Germanic *bragną (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mregʰnom (“skull, brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- (“marrow, sinciput”) + *-mn̥ (“nominal suffix”).
Cognate with Scots braine, brane (“brain”), North Frisian brayen, brein (“brain”), Saterland Frisian Brainge (“brain”), West Frisian brein (“brain”), Dutch brein (“brain”), Low German Brägen, Bregen (“brain”) (whence German Bregen (“animal brain”)), Ancient Greek βρεχμός (brekhmós, “front part of the skull, top of the head”).

Frases

That recital made my brain implode .

It's extremely suspicious that there's no information about brains that didn't come from a brain .