brink

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

orlo
ciglio
bordo
margine
ciglione
🏦
proda
sinonimi

edge
B1
border
B2
brim
24k
verge
C1
rim
C2
fringe
C2
margin
C2
side
A1
edging
45k

critical moment

brow
C2
hem
C2
periphery
44k
threshold
C2
perimeter
C1
end
A1
🔚
bank
A2
🏦
rand
C2
lip
B2
wale

outer edge

margin, rand, brim, border

limit
B2
beach
B1
🏖️
bluff
C1
borderline
C2
boundary
C2
bulwark
coast
B1
cusp
34k
extremity
43k
flange
48k
gunwale
ledge
C2
marge
C1
outskirts
C2
peripherals
point
A1
seashore
29k
seaside
C2
shore
B2
Traduzioni

bord
borde
Rand
rand
lisière

άκρη

borda

χείλος

beira
kant
limbus
band
boord
labrum
Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/bɹɪŋk/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio
brinke
Affine olandese
olandese
brink
Affine tedesco
tedesco
Brink
Affine islandese
brekka
Affine Tokharian B
prenke
Affine irlandese
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”).

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