beret

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English

Austrian army beret

Etymology

From French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret 'cap', from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus 'large hooded cloak', from Gaulish berros 'short, clipped' (compare Welsh byrr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbereɪ/, SAMPA: /"bereI/

  Rhymes: -ɛreɪ, -eɪ

Noun

beret (plural berets)

1. A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

Translations

type of cap

Albanian: beretë (sq) f. Basque: txapel Bulgarian: барета (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 貝雷帽 (cmn), 贝雷帽 (cmn) (bèiléimào) Czech: baret (cs) m. Dutch: baret (nl) f. Finnish: baretti (fi) French: béret (fr) m. German: Baskenmütze (de) f. Hebrew: כומתה (kumta) f.

Hungarian: svájcisapka, baszk sapka Icelandic: alpahúfa (is) f. Italian: basco (it) Japanese: ベレー帽 (ja) (berē bō) Polish: beret (pl) m. Portuguese: boina (pt) f. Romanian: beretă f. Russian: берет (ru) (b'er'ét) Spanish: boina (es) Swedish: basker (sv) c. Turkish: bere (tr)

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