Breton

See also: breton, bretón, and Bréton

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Brittōder.

Old French Bretonder.

French Bretonder.

English Breton

From French Breton. Doublet of Briton and Brython.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛtən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtən

Noun

Breton (countable and uncountable, plural Bretons)

1. (countable) A native or inhabitant of the region of Brittany, France.
2. (uncountable) The Celtic language of Brittany.

Translations

person from Brittany

• Asturian: bretón (ast) m, bretona (ast) f
• Basque: bretoi
• Breton: Breton (br) m, Bretonez (br) f, Breizhad (br) m, Breizhadez (br) f
• Catalan: bretó (ca) m, bretona (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布列塔尼人 (Bùliètǎní rén)

• Cornish: Breton m, Bretones f
• Dutch: Bretoen m, Bretoense f, Breton (nl) m, Bretonse (nl) f
• Esperanto: bretono
• Finnish: bretagnelainen; bretonilainen
• French: Breton (fr) m, Bretonne (fr) f

  Old French: Breton

• Galician: bretón (gl) m, bretoa f
• Georgian: ბრეტონელი (breṭoneli)
• German: Bretone (de) m, Bretonin (de) f
• Hindi: ब्रेतनी (hi) (bretnī), ब्रेटन (hi) (breṭan)
• Irish: Briotánach m
• Italian: bretone (it)
• Macedonian: Бретонец (mk) m (Bretonec), Бретонка (mk) f (Bretonka)
• Marathi: ब्रेटोन (breṭon)
• Occitan: breton (oc) m
• Old English: Brett m
• Persian: برتونی (fa) (beretoni)
• Polish: Bretończyk (pl) m, Bretonka (pl) f
• Portuguese: bretão (pt) m, bretã f
• Romanian: breton (ro) m, bretonă (ro) f
• Russian: брето́нец (ru) m (bretónec), брето́нка (ru) f (bretónka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Bretonac (sh) m, Bretonka f
• Slovene: Bretonec (sl) m, Bretonka f
• Spanish: bretón (es) m, bretona (es) f
• Swedish: breton (sv) c, bretagnare c, bretonska (sv) f, bretagniska (sv) f
• Welsh: Llydäwr m, Llydawes f

the language

• Afrikaans: Bretons (af)
• Arabic: بُرِيتُونِيَّة f (buritūniyya)
• Armenian: բրետոներեն (hy) (bretoneren)
• Asturian: bretón (ast) m
• Basque: bretoiera (eu)
• Belarusian: брэто́нская мо́ва f (bretónskaja móva), брэто́нская f (bretónskaja)
• Breton: brezhoneg (br) m, breton (br) m
• Catalan: bretó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布列塔尼語 / 布列塔尼语 (zh) (Bùliětǎní yǔ)

• Cornish: Bretonek m
• Corsican: bretone (co) m
• Czech: bretonština (cs) f
• Danish: bretonsk (da)
• Dutch: Bretons (nl)
• Esperanto: bretona lingvo
• Estonian: bretooni
• Finnish: bretoni (fi)
• French: breton (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Bretonsk (fy)

• Galician: bretón (gl) m
• Gallo: berton m
• Georgian: ბრეტონული (breṭonuli), ბრეტონული ენა (breṭonuli ena)
• German: Bretonisch (de) n
• Greek: βρετονικά (el) n pl (vretoniká)
• Hebrew: בריטנית f (britonít)
• Hindi: ब्रेतनी (hi) f (bretnī), ब्रेटन (hi) f (breṭan)
• Hungarian: Breton (hu)
• Icelandic: Bretónska
• Irish: Briotáinis f
• Italian: bretone (it) m
• Japanese: ブルトン語 (ja) (Buruton-go), ブルターニュ語 (Burutānyu-go), ブレイス語 (Bureisu-go)
• Korean: 브루타뉴어 (Beurutanyu-eo)
• Latvian: bretoņu
• Limburgish: Breitsj n
• Lithuanian: bretonų (lt)
• Macedonian: бретонски (mk) m (bretonski)
• Moksha: Бретононь (Bretonoń)
• Norman: Bréton m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bretonsk (no)

  Nynorsk: bretonsk

• Occitan: breton (oc) m
• Old English: Brettisċ n
• Persian: برتونی (fa) (beretuni)
• Polish: (język) bretoński m
• Portuguese: bretão (pt) m
• Romanian: bretonă (ro) f
• Russian: брето́нский (ru) m (bretónskij)
• Scots: Breton
• Scottish Gaelic: Breatannais f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бретонски m

  Latin: bretonski (sh) m

• Slovak: bretónsky (sk) m, bretónčina f
• Slovene: bretonščina (sl) f
• Sorbian: Bretonšćina
• Spanish: bretón (es) m
• Swedish: bretonska (sv), bretagniska (sv), bretagnska
• Tamil: பிரித்தானி மொழி (pirittāṉi moḻi)
• Turkish: Bretonca (tr)
• Ukrainian: брето́нська (uk) f (bretónsʹka)
• Walloon: Burton (wa)
• Welsh: Llydaweg (cy) f

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Breton terms
• Appendix:Breton Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Breton
• ISO 639-1 code br, ISO 639-3 code bre (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Breton, bre ⁠

Proper noun

Breton

1. A village in Alberta, Canada.

Adjective

Breton (not comparable)

1. Of, from or relating to the region of Brittany, France.

Related terms

• far breton / far Breton

Translations

pertaining to Brittany

• Asturian: bretón (ast)
• Basque: bretoi
• Belarusian: брэто́нскі m (bretónski)
• Breton: breizhat (br), (pertaining to the language) brezhonek (br)
• Catalan: bretó (ca)
• Cornish: bretonek
• Dutch: Bretoens (nl), Bretons (nl)
• Finnish: bretonilainen, bretagnelainen
• French: breton (fr)

  Old French: breton

• Galician: bretón (gl)
• Georgian: ბრეტანის (breṭanis), ბრეტონული (breṭonuli)
• German: bretonisch (de)
• Hindi: ब्रेतनी (hi) (bretnī), ब्रेटन (hi) (breṭan)
• Irish: Briotánach
• Macedonian: бре́тонски (mk) m (brétonski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bretonsk (no), bretsk

  Nynorsk: bretonsk

• Occitan: breton (oc)
• Persian: برتونی (fa) (beretoni)
• Polish: bretoński (pl)
• Portuguese: bretão (pt)
• Romanian: breton (ro)
• Russian: брето́нский (ru) (bretónskij)
• Slovene: bretonski (sl)
• Spanish: bretón (es)
• Swedish: bretonsk (sv), bretagnisk
• Turkish: Breton (tr)
• Welsh: Llydewig (cy)

Derived terms

• Cape Breton
• Le Breton

Anagrams

• Berton, Bronte, Bronté, Brontë, betorn

French

Etymology

From Old French Breton, from Latin Brittō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁə.tɔ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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Noun

Breton m (plural Bretons, feminine Bretonne)

1. Breton (native or inhabitant of the region of Brittany, France) (usually male)

   Synonym: Armoricain

Descendants

• English: Breton, Briton

See also

• Bretonne

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• robent

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbre.ton/

Proper noun

Breton f

1. alternative form of Breten

Old French

Alternative forms

• Bretun

Etymology

Latin Britto.

Noun

Breton oblique singular, m (oblique plural Bretons, nominative singular Bretons, nominative plural Breton)

1. Breton (native or inhabitant of the region of Brittany, France) (usually male)

Descendants

• French: Breton

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Breton.

Proper noun

Breton

1. Breton (native or inhabitant of the region of Brittany, France)

Declension

Declension of Breton

	singular	plural
nominative	Breton	Bretonlar
definite accusative	Breton'u	Bretonları
dative	Breton'a	Bretonlara
locative	Breton'da	Bretonlarda
ablative	Breton'dan	Bretonlardan
genitive	Breton'un	Bretonların

Derived terms

• Bretonca