brig

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; jail sense from the use of such ships as prisons

Noun

Wikipedia brig (plural brigs)

1. (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
2. (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a military installation

Translations

two-masted vessel

Catalan: bergantí (ca) m. Croatian: brig (hr) m., brik (hr) m. Dutch: brigantijn m. and f., brik m. and f. Finnish: priki (fi) French: brigantin (fr) m. Greek: μπρίκι (el) n., πάρων (el) m.

Italian: brigantino (it) m. Polish: bryg (pl) m. Portuguese: brigue (pt) m., brigantim (pt) m. Russian: бриг (ru) m. Spanish: bergantín (es) m.

military jail or guardhouse

Catalan: calabós (ca) m. Dutch: cachot n., leger-/militaire gevangenis; (naval) scheepsgevangenis French: cachot (fr) m.

Greek: (slang) μπαλαούρο (el) n. Russian: гауптвахта (ru) f., карцер (ru) m., тюрьма (ru) f. Spanish: calabozo (es) m.

See also

• hermaphrodite brig
• gun-brig

Etymology 2

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. A Scottish variation of bridge

Etymology 3

abbreviation for brigadier

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English brig.

Noun

brig m. (Cyrillic spelling бриг)

1. A brig (two-masted vessel)

Synonyms

• brik

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Welsh

Noun

brig m. (plural brigau) 

Pronunciation

• IPA: /briːg/

1. crest, peak, summit, top

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brig	frig	mrig	unchanged