Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brained

/bɹeɪnd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
brained
IPA
/bɹeɪnd/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a particular kind or number of brain.

verb

simple past and past participle of brain

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s Proto-Germanic *bragną Proto-West Germanic *bragn Old English bræġn Middle English brayn English brain English -ed English brained From brain + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more brained (comparative) most brained (superlative)

Derived Forms

addlebrained birdbrained brainedness cockbrained crackbrained cumbrained harebrained lamebrained madbrained muddlebrained peabrained rattlebrained

Phrases

addle-brained ass-brained baby-brained bee-brained beef-brained big-brained bird-brained bog-brained

Frequently Paired Words

brainless brainy

Rhymes With

remained explained trained obtained gained contained self-contained maintained sustained retained complained detained

Questions

How do you pronounce brained?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɹeɪnd/.
What does brained mean?
Having a particular kind or number of brain.
Where does brained come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s Proto-Germanic *bragną Proto-West Germanic *bragn Old English bræġn Middle English brayn English brain English -ed English brained From brain + -ed.

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