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phren

phren noun: the brain or mind.

Noun

phren (plural phrenes)

  1. (historical) The brain or mind.
    • Some ancient Greeks, including Aristotle, believed that the phren was located in the heart rather than the cranium.
  2. (obsolete) The diaphragm.

phren meaning in Tamil and Kannada

phren in Tamil

உதரவிதானம், உள்ளம், விதானம்

phren in Kannada

ತೊಗಲುಪೆರೆ, ತೆಳುಪರೆ, ವಪೆ

Forms of phren

pluralphrenes

Origin of phren

From Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “mind; stomach, midriff”).

Words formed from phren

Questions about phren

What does phren mean?
Phren means the brain or mind.
What is phren in Tamil?
Phren in Tamil is உதரவிதானம், உள்ளம், விதானம். See Phren meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phren?
Phren is a noun.
What is the plural of phren?
The plural of phren is phrenes.

Words near phren in the dictionary

  1. phreatomagmatically
  2. phreatomagmatism
  3. phreatophyte
  4. phreatophytes
  5. phreatophytic
  6. phren
  7. phren-
  8. phrenalgia
  9. phrenectomies
  10. phrenectomy
  11. phrenemphraxis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: phren (page history and authors); phren (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); phren (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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