bres

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See also: Breś and brès

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (bundle)). Cognate with French berceau.

Noun

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bres m (plural bressos)

  1. (Northwestern Catalan, Northern Valencia, Balearic) cradle
  2. (Northwestern Catalan) a big cradle-shaped basket
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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bres

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of bressar

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, bresche (a breach, an opening, crack), from Frankish *breka (a breach, break), from Proto-Germanic *brekō (a breaking, breach, fallow ground), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (to break, crack).

Cognate with Old High German brecha (a break). More at break.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /brɛs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bres
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

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bres f (plural bressen, diminutive bresje n)

  1. breach, gap, opening

Derived terms

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Middle English

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Noun

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bres

  1. Alternative form of bras

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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bres

  1. passive form of bre

Welsh

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Noun

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bres

  1. Soft mutation of pres.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pres bres mhres phres
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.