briny
/ˈbɹaɪni/adjective, noun
briny is spelled B-R-I-N-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, briny means “Of, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt”), such as seawater or tears; salty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in briny?
| Letters | 5: B-R-I-N-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is briny?
Briny appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce briny?
- US /ˈbɹaɪni/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-briny.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of briny
- brinier comparative
- more briny comparative
- briniest superlative
- most briny superlative
- the briny
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does briny mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt”), such as seawater or tears; salty.
on the briny deep
- 2
Of a person: difficult to get along with or to like; acerbic, prickly, unlikable.
- 3
archaicobsoleteEspecially of the sea: phosphorescent, shining.
noun
- 1
informalThe ocean, the sea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does briny come from?
The adjective is from brine (noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’). The noun is from the adjective.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).