brett

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Short for Brettanomyces.

Noun[edit]

brett (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Brett (“Brettanomyces”)
    • 2014, Dan Rabin, Colorado Breweries, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 226:
      The brewery produces a series of wild brett beers called Cases of the Mondays, a name inspired by the movie Office Space.
    • 2016, Christian DeBenedetti, The Great American Ale Trail (Revised Edition), Running Press, →ISBN:
      “Wild Wild Brett,” an early experiment of all-brett beers based on the color spectrum is now a part of the Crooked Stave lore, too.
  2. (informal) A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

brett (plural bretts)

  1. (archaic) A britchka; a kind of horse-drawn carriage.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt.

Noun[edit]

brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett or bretter, definite plural bretta or brettene)

  1. a board
  2. a tray
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

brett

  1. imperative of brette

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt.

Noun[edit]

brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett, definite plural bretta)

  1. a board
  2. a tray

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brett

  1. indefinite neuter singular of bred

Verb[edit]

brett

  1. supine of breda
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