béret

See also: beret

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byrr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.ʁɛ/

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Noun

béret m (plural bérets)

1. beret

Derived terms

• béret vert

Descendants

• → English: beret
• → Greek: μπερές (berés)
• → Polish: beret
• → Romanian: beretă, beret
• → Russian: бере́т (berét)
  • → Georgian: ბერეტი (bereṭi)
  • → Kazakh: берет (beret)
• → Turkish: bere

Further reading

• “béret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.