brise

See also Brise, and brisé

English

Noun

brise

1. (obsolete, rare) A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
   • 1616: Richard Surflet [tr.] and Gervase Markham [aug.], Estienne and Liébault’s Maison Rustique, or The Countrie Farme, page 92

     Afterward let him draw a Brise or two made fast in the yoke.

References

• “†brise” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• biers

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German brise (“breeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /briːsə/, [ˈb̥ʁiːsə]

Noun

brise c (singular definite brisen, plural indefinite briser)

1. breeze

Inflection

    Inflection of brise

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	brise	brisen	briser	briserne
genitive	brises	brisens	brisers	brisernes

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʁiz/

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Noun

brise f (plural brises)

1. breeze

Verb

brise

1. first-person singular present indicative of briser
2. third-person singular present indicative of briser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of briser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of briser
5. second-person singular imperative of briser

Anagrams

• bries
• sbire

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈbʲɾʲɪʃə]

Verb

brise

1. present subjunctive analytic of bris

Usage notes

Used with a noun or pronoun (in the standard language, mé, tú, sé, sí, sibh, siad or their emphatic equivalents) as the subject.

Noun

brise f

1. genitive singular form of bris

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brise	bhrise	mbrise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Jèrriais

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Noun

brise f (plural brises)

1. breeze