"brunt" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɹʌnt/ Audio: en-au-brunt.ogg [Australia] Forms: brunts [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌnt Etymology: From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|brunt}} Middle English brunt, {{m|enm|bront||sudden onset, attack, charge, blow}} bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), {{der|en|non|brundr}} Old Norse brundr, {{m|non|brundtíð||oestrus, rut}} brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*brunstiz}} Proto-Germanic *brunstiz, {{m|non|bruna|lit=to advance like wildfire|t=to rush}} bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”), {{m|non|brenna}} brenna Head templates: {{en-noun}} brunt (plural brunts)
  1. The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event. Translations (full effects): zwaartepunt [neuter] (Dutch), druk [masculine] (Dutch), Hauptlast [feminine] (German), Wucht [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-brunt-en-noun-tXtDmPGX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 0 2 1 13 2 32 2 Disambiguation of 'full effects': 72 0 7 6 6 10
  2. The force or shock of an attack in war.
    Sense id: en-brunt-en-noun-9UmSbPR3
  3. The major part of something; the bulk. Translations (major part of something): Hauptsache [feminine] (German), majoritate [feminine] (Romanian), gros [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-brunt-en-noun-qAKAUSh4 Disambiguation of 'major part of something': 0 0 100 0 0 0
  4. (obsolete) A violent attack or charge in battle. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-brunt-en-noun-cQ9BCLz0
  5. (obsolete, by extension) A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.). Tags: broadly, obsolete
    Sense id: en-brunt-en-noun-2isPO8jk
  6. (obsolete) A spurt, a sudden effort or straining. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-brunt-en-noun-CbYsYHed
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: at a brunt, at the first brunt, bear the brunt

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɹʌnt/ Audio: en-au-brunt.ogg [Australia] Forms: brunts [present, singular, third-person], brunting [participle, present], brunted [participle, past], brunted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌnt Etymology: From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|brunt}} Middle English brunt, {{m|enm|bront||sudden onset, attack, charge, blow}} bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), {{der|en|non|brundr}} Old Norse brundr, {{m|non|brundtíð||oestrus, rut}} brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*brunstiz}} Proto-Germanic *brunstiz, {{m|non|bruna|lit=to advance like wildfire|t=to rush}} bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”), {{m|non|brenna}} brenna Head templates: {{en-verb}} brunt (third-person singular simple present brunts, present participle brunting, simple past and past participle brunted)
  1. (transitive, rare) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand. Tags: rare, transitive Translations (to bear the brunt of something): aushalten (German), ertragen (German)
    Sense id: en-brunt-en-verb-MPheysqQ Disambiguation of 'to bear the brunt of something': 98 2
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a violent attack or charge. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-brunt-en-verb-dbFIbLsG

Adjective [Norwegian Bokmål]

Head templates: {{head|nb|adjective form}} brunt
  1. neuter singular of brun Tags: form-of, neuter, singular Form of: brun
    Sense id: en-brunt-nb-adj-~sOSlMDk Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Head templates: {{head|nn|adjective form}} brunt
  1. neuter singular of brun Tags: form-of, neuter, singular Form of: brun
    Sense id: en-brunt-nn-adj-~sOSlMDk Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective form}} brunt
  1. indefinite neuter singular of brun Tags: form-of, indefinite, neuter, singular Form of: brun
    Sense id: en-brunt-sv-adj-lygRfwA- Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 87 6 7

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} brunt n, {{sv-noun|n}} brunt n
  1. the color brown Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-brunt-sv-noun-1iemcxfU
  2. (slang) hashish Tags: neuter, slang Synonyms: b, hasch
    Sense id: en-brunt-sv-noun-b8zaAbbA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bajsbrunt, chokladbrunt Related terms: grönt

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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}

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        "(intransitive, obsolete) To make a violent attack or charge."
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to bear the brunt of something",
      "word": "aushalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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    }
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}

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    "Swedish lemmas",
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    "Swedish non-lemma forms",
    "Swedish nouns"
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        "indefinite neuter singular of brun"
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      "word": "bajsbrunt"
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        "the color brown"
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        "(slang) hashish"
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        "neuter",
        "slang"
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