Brain
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English
Etymology
Middle English, derived from Old English braegen and bregen.
Noun
brain
- That part of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull.
- A person who contributes the main idea (the brain behind the scheme).
- An intelligent person.
- He was a total brain.
- Intellect (as brains).
- He has a lot of brains.
- The part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- The computer's brain.
Derived terms
- brainiac
- brainwave
- brainy
- pick somebody's brain
Translations
- Breton: empenn m -où
- Bulgarian: мозък m
- Chinese: 脑 (nǎo)
- Czech: mozek m
- Dutch: hersenen pl, brein n, verstand n
- Esperanto: cerbo
- Finnish: aivot pl (1, 2, 5), aivo (3, colloquial), äly (4)
- French: cerveau m, cervelle f (pejorative or culinary)
- German: Gehirn n (1,2)
- Indonesian: otak, benak
- Interlingua: cerebro
- Japanese: 脳 (のう, nō)
- Polish: mózg m
- Portuguese: cérebro m
- Russian: мoзг m
- Slovak: mozog m
- Slovene: možgani m pl (1)
- Swedish: hjärna c (1,2)
Verb
brain
- (slang) To strike on the head.
Translations
- kolkata (into unconsciousness)
