"briny" meaning in English

See briny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɹaɪni/ Audio: En-au-briny.ogg Forms: brinier [comparative], more briny [comparative], briniest [superlative], most briny [superlative]
Etymology: From brine + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|brine|y}} brine + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} briny (comparative brinier or more briny, superlative briniest or most briny)
  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty. Derived forms: brinily, brininess, unbriny Translations (salty): море́ (moré) (Bulgarian), (Chinese Mandarin), (xián) (Chinese Mandarin), suolainen (Finnish), saumâtre [feminine, masculine] (French), salzig (German), αλμυρός (almyrós) (Greek), sós (Hungarian), salmastro [masculine] (Italian), sailjey (Manx), salgado [masculine] (Portuguese), salobro [masculine] (Portuguese), salobre [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), matabsing (Tagalog), tuzlu (Turkish), salodik (Volapük), salöfik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-briny-en-adj-c9gw2naB Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 87 13

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹaɪni/ Audio: En-au-briny.ogg Forms: the briny [canonical]
Etymology: From brine + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|brine|y}} brine + -y Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the briny}} the briny
  1. (slang) The sea. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-briny-en-noun-rDo1oaWm

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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