bran
see also: Bran
Etymology 1

From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran, from Gaulish brennos, from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (compare Welsh braen, Irish bréan, Walloon brin), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre, Dutch brak).

Pronunciation
  • (RP, America) IPA: /ˈbɹæn/
Noun

bran

  1. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
Translations Etymology 2

From Welsh brân or Cornish bran?

Noun

bran (plural brans)

  1. (ornithology) The European carrion crow.

Bran
Proper noun
  1. Surname.



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