Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brisling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bris-ling
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.

Etymology

From Norwegian brisling and Danish brisling, from Low German bretling, from bret (“broad”), from Middle Low German *brêd, from Old Saxon brēd.

Origin

Source language: Norwegian

Word Breakdown

Root: brisling, bretling, *brêd, brēd

Inflected Forms

brislings (plural)

Synonyms

sprat clupea sprattus

Questions

What does brisling mean?: A sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.
Where does brisling come from?: It is traced to Norwegian.

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