brink

Meaning

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

Synonyms

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
Translations

bord
borde
orlo
Rand
lisière
rand

άκρη

borda
ciglio
beira

χείλος

labrum
margine
limbus
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹɪŋk/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
brinke
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
brink
Cognate with German
German
Brink
Cognate with Icelandic
brekka
Cognate with Tokharian B
prenke
Cognate with Irish
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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