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brame

/bɹeɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
brame
IPA
/bɹeɪm/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Intense passion or emotion; vexation.

Obsolete; Uncountable

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

  • "[…] hart-burning brame She ſhortly like a pyned ghoſt became."

Etymology

From Middle English brame, from Old French brame, bram (“a cry of pain or longing; a yammer”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *brammjan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną (“to roar; bellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make a noise; hum; buzz”). Compare Old High German breman (“to roar”), Old English bremman (“to roar”). More at brim. Compare breme.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: brame, *brammjan, *bramjaną, *bʰrem-, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

Brames (plural)

Rhymes With

same game name came became claim blame frame shame aim fame flame

Questions

How do you pronounce brame?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɹeɪm/.
What does brame mean?
Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
Where does brame come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce brame

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