Briny — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any very large body of (salt) water

slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæmfɑːl/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈaɪni/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈaɪni/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæmfɑːl/.

Examples

a brackish lagoon
the briny deep

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

main brackish

Parts of Speech

noun	any very large body of (salt) water
adjective	slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) “a brackish lagoon”

Word Forms

briny	adjective	slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
brackishness	noun	the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water
briny	noun	any very large body of (salt) water
brine	noun	water containing salts
brininess	noun	the relative proportion of salt in a solution

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

salzig

jede sehr große (Salz-)Wassermasse

🇫🇷French

salé

toute très grande étendue d'eau (salée)

🇪🇸Spanish

salado

cualquier masa muy grande de agua (salada)

🇮🇹Italian

salato

qualsiasi specchio d'acqua (salato) molto grande

🇳🇱Dutch

zilt

elke zeer grote hoeveelheid (zout) water

🇵🇹Portuguese

salgado

qualquer corpo muito grande de água (salgada)

🇷🇺Russian

соленый

любой очень большой водоем (соленой) воды

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सागर

(नमक) पानी का कोई बहुत बड़ा पिंड

🇮🇳Tamil

பிரைனி

(உப்பு) நீரின் மிகப் பெரிய உடல்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉప్పునీరు

ఏదైనా చాలా పెద్ద (ఉప్పు) నీరు

🇮🇳Marathi

नितळ

(मीठ) पाण्याचे कोणतेही खूप मोठे शरीर

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખાટા

(મીઠું) પાણીનું કોઈપણ ખૂબ મોટું શરીર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉಪ್ಪುನೀರಿನ

(ಉಪ್ಪು) ನೀರಿನ ಯಾವುದೇ ದೊಡ್ಡ ದೇಹ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബ്രൈനി

(ഉപ്പ്) ജലത്തിൻ്റെ ഏതെങ്കിലും വളരെ വലിയ ശരീരം

🇵🇰Urdu

نمکین

(نمک) پانی کا کوئی بہت بڑا جسم

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

咸水

任何非常大的（盐）水体

🇯🇵Japanese

明るい

非常に大きな（塩）水塊

🇰🇷Korean

바다

매우 큰 (소금) 물

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nước muối

bất kỳ lượng nước (muối) rất lớn nào

🇹🇭Thai

เค็ม

แหล่งน้ำ (เกลือ) ที่มีขนาดใหญ่มาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

asin

kumpulan air (garam) yang sangat besar

🇵🇭Filipino

maasim

anumang napakalaking katawan ng (asin) na tubig

🇲🇾Malay

masin

mana-mana badan air (garam) yang sangat besar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مالح

أي جسم كبير جدًا من الماء (المالح).

🇮🇷Persian

شور

هر حجم بسیار بزرگ آب (نمکی).

🇹🇷Turkish

tuzlu

herhangi bir çok büyük (tuzlu) su kütlesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מָלוּחַ

כל גוף גדול מאוד של מים (מלח).

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