brow

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
2. The eyebrow.
3. The forehead.
4. (figuratively) Aspect; appearance; facial expression.
5. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
6. The first tine of an antler's beam.
7. A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
8. The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
9. The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.

Verb

To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

Concetti

sopracciglio

fronte

passerella da sbarco

ciglio

orlo

cima

🔝

sommità della collina

sinonimi

forehead

eyebrow

supercilium

border

crest

edge

brows

brim

brink

peak

eyebrows

planked footway

ridge

rim

hilltop

tip

footbridge

marge

front

high

hotshot

ledge

limb

lip

mane

margin

maximum

mien

neb

point

scrubber

side

summit

tiptop

top

🔝

topper

verge

expression

helmet front

middle forehead

arris

frons

push broom

whiz

abutment

acme

apex

broom

🧹

brush

butt

Traduzioni

sourcil

Braue

frente

Augenbraue

front

ceja

φρύδι

wenkbrauw

cella

Stirn

μέτωπο

sobrancelha

testa

arcade sourcilière

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/bɹaʊ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: browe

Ereditato da inglese antico: brū

Affine irlandese medio: brúad

Affine Tokharian B: pärwāne

Affine lituano: bruvìs

Affine serbo-croato: obrva

Affine russo: бровь

Affine greco antico: ὀφρύς

Affine sanscrito: भ्रू

Affine persiano: ابرو

Affine khowar: بروُ

In summary

From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).
Cognate with Scots broo (“brow”), Dutch brauw (“brow”), German Braue (“eyebrow”), Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bryn (“brow”), Faroese, Icelandic brún (“brow”). See also Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvi̇̀s, Serbo-Croatian obrva (“eyebrow”), Russian бровь (brovʹ, “brow”), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “eyebrow”), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū, “eyebrow”)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú, “eyebrow”).