"Bren" meaning in English

See Bren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Brens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Brens}} Bren (plural Brens)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Bren-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bren
  1. Short for Brenda (“female given name”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Brenda (extra: female given name)
    Sense id: en-Bren-en-name-To12C5de Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 30 30 36
  2. Short for Brendan (“male given name”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Brendan (extra: male given name)
    Sense id: en-Bren-en-name-6yJwVgtw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 30 30 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: Brens [plural]
Etymology: See Bren gun. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Bren gun}} Bren gun Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bren (plural Brens)
  1. Short for Bren gun. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Bren gun
    Sense id: en-Bren-en-noun-2PE-4F7L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 30 30 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Bren meaning in English (2.3kB)

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