burn
English
/bɝn/, /bɜːn/
noun
Definitions
- A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- A sensation resembling such an injury.
- The act of burning something with fire.
- (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
- (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn excellent or badass insult.
- Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
- (uncountable) Tobacco.
- (computing) The writing of data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
- The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
- A disease in vegetables; brand.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bernen inherited from Old English birnan (burn) inherited from *brinnan derived from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (burn, be on fire) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, *bʰrewh₁- (boil, brew, seethe, be hot, boil up, sprout, ferment, roil).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰrewh₁-
Gloss
boil, brew, seethe, be hot, boil up, sprout, ferment, roil
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
醸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Burnmouth English
- Burnside English
- aburn English
- afterburn English
- afterburner English
- back English
- backburn English
- backburner English
- barnburner English
- baseburner English
- brian English
- brimstone English
- brimstonewort English
- brimstony English
- burn up English
- burnability English
- burnable English
- burndown English
- burner English
- burnest English
- burneth English
- burnie English
- burnlike English
- burnoff English
- burnproof English
- burnt English
- burntness English
- burny English
- cryoburn English
- deorbit English
- deorbit burn English
- down English
- forburn English
- free English
- freeburn English
- heart English
- heartburn English
- hellburner English
- hyperburner English
- inburn English
- inburnt English
- log-burner English
- moon English
- moonburn English
- mouth English
- nonburn English
- nonburnable English
- nose English
- noseburn English
- off English
- outburn English
- overburn English
- postburn English
- preburn English
- preburner English
- rain English
- rainburn English
- reburn English
- rickburner English
- roadburner English
- rug English
- rugburn English
- screen English
- screenburn English
- side English
- stone English
- sun English
- sunburn English
- sunburnlike English
- sunburnt English
- unburn English
- unburnable English
- unburnt English
- underburn English
- up English
- wind English
- windburn English
- windburnt English
- Furina Latin
- brado Latin
- dēfervēscere Latin
- dēfrutum Latin
- ferveo Latin
- fervēre Latin
- fretale Latin
- frutex Latin
- Brennelement German
- Brennholz German
- Brennnessel German
- Brennofen German
- Brennsuppe German
- Brennweite German
- Heliumbrennen German
- abbrennen German
- anbrennen German
- ausbrennen German
- brennbar German
- brennen German
- brennheiß German
- durchbrennen German
- einbrennen German
- niederbrennen German
- schwarzbrennen German
- verbrennen German
- branden Dutch, Flemish
- bronst Dutch, Flemish
- embrouiller French
- phréatique French
- βρῦτος Ancient Greek
- φρέαρ Ancient Greek
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerwyeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrenw- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰruto- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrē- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰr̥u̯n̥ti̯ah₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *brannijaną Proto-Germanic
- *brasō Proto-Germanic
- *brewwaną Proto-Germanic
- *brinnaną Proto-Germanic
- *brunnô Proto-Germanic
- *brunstiz Proto-Germanic
- *bruþą Proto-Germanic
- *brēdaną Proto-Germanic
- バーナー Japanese
- biernan Old English
- birnan Old English
- forbirnan Old English
- þurhbirnan Old English
- भुरति Sanskrit
- *inbrennen, *inbernen Middle English
- *sunne burnen Middle English
- bernen Middle English
- brymston Middle English
- forburnen Middle English
- hertbryne Middle English
- underbrennen Middle English
- brenna Old Norse
- brinna Old Norse
- brugga Old Norse
- burga Galician
- amrwd Welsh
- brwd Welsh
- brwdfrydedd Welsh
- branden Middle Dutch
- brant Middle Dutch
- brennan Old High German
- brinnan Old High German
- brunne Middle High German
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 Gothic
- *brinnan gmw-pro
- *brinnan Old Dutch
- brennen Old Dutch
- brinnan Old Dutch
- *an- Proto-Celtic
- *beru Proto-Celtic
- *borvo Proto-Celtic
- *brutus Proto-Celtic
- prunn Cimbrian
- brinnan Old Saxon
- *fruto- Proto-Italic
- *brāu Proto-Albanian
- prunn Mòcheno
- Borvo Gaulish
- *pʰrḗwər Proto-Hellenic
- up
- off
- rug
- sun
- rain
- wind
- moon
- down
- free
- back
- side
- nose
- aburn
- brian
- burnt
- mouth
- stone
- burny
- heart
- unburn
- reburn
- inburn
- screen
- burner
- burnie
- burnoff
- unburnt
- deorbit
- rugburn
- burnest
- burneth
- outburn
- preburn
- inburnt
- forburn
- sunburn
- burn up
- nonburn
- burnable
- sunburnt
- freeburn
- noseburn
- windburn
- backburn
- burndown
- cryoburn
- rainburn
- burnlike
- postburn
- overburn
- Burnside
- moonburn
- brimstony
- brimstone
- afterburn
- heartburn
- underburn
- burnproof
- burntness
- preburner
- windburnt
- Burnmouth
- screenburn
- baseburner
- rickburner
- barnburner
- unburnable
- log-burner
- backburner
- roadburner
- hellburner
- sunburnlike
- burnability
- afterburner
- hyperburner
- nonburnable
- deorbit burn
- brimstonewort