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[edit] English

Two loaves of bread (1).

[edit] Etymology

From Old English brēad, from Proto-Germanic *brauda, whence also Old Frisian brād (West Frisian brea), Old Saxon brōd (Dutch brood), Old High German brōt (German Brot), Old Norse and Icelandic brauð (Swedish bröd).

[edit] Pronunciation

(Australia) enPR: brĕd, IPA: /brɛd/, SAMPA: /brEd/ or IPA: /breːd/, SAMPA: /bre:d/
(UK, US) enPR: brĕd, IPA: /brɛd/, SAMPA: /brEd/
Audio (US)^{help, file}

Rhymes: -ɛd
Homophones: bred

[edit] Noun

Singular
bread

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural breads

bread (countable and uncountable; plural breads)

(uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals
(countable) Any variety of bread.
(slang) Money.

[edit] Synonyms

(slang: money) dough, folding stuff, lolly, spondulicks, wonga

[edit] Usage notes

loaf, slice, piece, hunk are some of the words used to count bread.

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from bread

[edit] Translations

baked dough made from cereals

Afar: gaqambo aa(aa)
Afrikaans: brood
Albanian: bukë sq(sq) f.
Arabic: خبز (xubz) m., عيش (ʕéiš) m.
Aragonese: pan
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܠܚܡܐ (lakhmā, lakhmo) m.

Hebrew: לחמא (lakhmā, lakhmo) m.
Armenian: հաց hy(hy) (hac’)
Basque: ogi
Bosnian: hljeb bs(bs) m.
Breton: bara m.
Bulgarian: хляб bg(bg) (khljab) m.
Catalan: pa m.
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵖⵔⵓⵎ (aghrum) m.
Chinese: 麵包, 面包 (miànbāo)
Coptic: ⲟⲉⲓⲕ (oeik)
Crimean Tatar: ötmek
Croatian: kruh hr(hr) m.
Czech: chléb cs(cs) m., chleba cs(cs) m.
Danish: brød da(da) n.
Dutch: brood nl(nl) n.
Egyptian: t
Esperanto: pano eo(eo)
Estonian: leib et(et)
Ewe: abolo n.
Finnish: leipä fi(fi)
French: pain fr(fr) m.
Friulian: pan
Galician: pan
German: Brot de(de) n.
Greek: ψωμί el(el) n. (psomí), άρτος el(el) m. (ártos)
Hebrew: לחם he(he) (lekhem) m.
Hungarian: kenyér hu(hu)
Icelandic: brauð is(is) n.
Ido: pano
Indonesian: roti id(id)
Interlingua: pan
Inuktitut: ᕿᖂᔭᖅ
Irish: arán ga(ga) m.
Italian: pane it(it) m.
Japanese: パン ja(ja) (pan)
Kalenjin: maghatiat
Karachay-Balkar: ётмек (ötmek)
Kashubian: chléb
Kikuyu: mugate
Korean: 빵 (ppang)
Kurdish: nan ku(ku) m., نان ku(ku)
Latin: panis la(la)
Latvian: maize lv(lv)

Lithuanian: duona lt(lt) f.
Lojban: nanba
Luhya: kumkate, ekeki
Macedonian: леб mk(mk) (leb) m.
Malay: roti ms(ms)
Maltese: ħobża mt(mt) f.
Manx: arran gv(gv) m.
Marathi: रोटी (rotī), भाकरी (bhākrī), पाव (pāv)
Navajo: bááh
Norwegian: brød no(no) n.
Novial: pane
Old Church Slavonic: хлѣбъ (xlěbŭ) m.
Old English: brēad ang(ang) n., hlāf ang(ang) m.
Old Irish: arán m.
Persian: نان fa(fa), fa(fa) (nān), fa(fa) (naan)
Polabian: sťaibä f.
Polish: chleb pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: pão pt(pt) m.
Quechua: t'anta
Romani: manro m.
Romanian: pâine ro(ro) f.
Russian: хлеб ru(ru) (xleb) m.
Samogitian: douna
Santali: ᱯᱤᱴᱷᱟ (pitthaa)
Sardinian:
- Campidanese: pani m.
Scots: breid
Scottish Gaelic: aran gd(gd) m.
Serbian:

Cyrillic: хлеб m., хљеб m.

Roman: hleb m., hljeb m.
Sicilian: pani
Slovak: chlieb sk(sk) m.
Slovene: kruh sl(sl) m.
Sotho: bohobe st(st)
Spanish: pan es(es) m.
Swahili: mkate (noun 3/4)
Swedish: bröd sv(sv) n.
Tagalog: tinapay
Tatar: икмәк tt(tt)
Telugu: బ్రెడ్డు, రొట్టె
Tetum: paun
Thai: ขนมปัง (kànŏm bpang)
Turkish: ekmek tr(tr)
Tutelo: waksakpai
Ukrainian: хліб uk(uk) (khlib) m.
Vietnamese: bánh mì vi(vi)
Walloon: pwin
Welsh: bara cy(cy) m.
West Frisian: bôle c., brea n.

countable: any variety of bread

Chinese: 麵包, 面包 (miànbāo)
Ewe: abolo n.
Finnish: leipä fi(fi)
French: pain fr(fr) m.
Greek: ψωμί el(el) n. (psomí), άρτος el(el) (ártos) m.
Icelandic: brauð is(is) n.
Macedonian: леб mk(mk) (leb) m.
Maltese: ħobż mt(mt) pl.
Novial: pane

Polish: pieczywo pl(pl) n.
Romani: manro m.
Russian: хлеб ru(ru) (xleb) m.
Scots: breid
Spanish: pan es(es) m.
Swahili: kipande cha mkate sw(sw)
Turkish: ekmek tr(tr)
Ukrainian: хліб uk(uk) (khlib) m.

slang: money

Bulgarian: пари bg(bg) (pari) pl.
Dutch: poen nl(nl) m.
Finnish: pätäkkä fi(fi)
French: fric fr(fr) m., blé fr(fr) m.
German: Kohle de(de) f.

Icelandic: peningur is(is) m.
Russian: бабки ru(ru) (bábki) pl.
Spanish: pasta es(es) f.
Swahili: mkati sw(sw)
Turkish: ekmek parası tr(tr)

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Breton: bara m., baraoù (1), segal (collective) (rye) (3)
Chiricahua: bań
Jicarilla: bań
Lipan: bań

Plains Apache: bań
Slovak: prachy m. pl. (2)
Western Apache: bań

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to bread

Third person singular
breads

Simple past
breaded

Past participle
breaded

Present participle
breading

to bread (third-person singular simple present breads, present participle breading, simple past and past participle breaded)

(transitive) To coat with breadcrumbs.

[edit] Derived terms

breaded a
breading n

[edit] Translations

to bread

German: panieren de(de)
Icelandic: velta upp úr brauðmylsnu, velta upp úr hveiti
Spanish: empanar es(es)
Swahili: mkati sw(sw)
Vietnamese: bột vi(vi)

[edit] See also

loaf

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brauda, whence also Old Frisian brād (West Frisian brea), Old Saxon brōd (Dutch brood), Old High German brōt (German Brot), Old Norse and Icelandic brauð (Swedish bröd).

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /bræːɑd/

[edit] Noun

brēad n.

bit, piece, morsel
bread (foodstuff)

[edit] Descendants

English: bread

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

bread (infinitive: brear)

(Spain) informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of brear.

bread

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[edit] Derived terms

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[edit] See also

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Old English

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