brink

Significado (Inglés)

1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
2. (figuratively) The edge or border.

Sinónimos

edge

border

brim

verge

rim

fringe

margin

side

edging

critical moment

brow

hem

periphery

threshold

perimeter

end

🔚

bank

🏦

rand

lip

wale

outer edge

margin, rand, brim, border

limit

beach

🏖️

bluff

borderline

boundary

bulwark

coast

cusp

extremity

flange

gunwale

ledge

marge

outskirts

peripherals

point

seashore

seaside

shore

Traducións

bord

borde

orlo

Rand

lisière

rand

άκρη

borda

ciglio

beira

χείλος

labrum

margine

limbus

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/bɹɪŋk/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: brinke

Relativo a neerlandés: brink

Relativo a alemán: Brink

Relativo a islandés: brekka

Relativo a Tokharian B: prenke

Relativo a irlandés: braine

In summary

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”).