Breton

See also: breton, bretón, and Bréton

English

Etymology

From French Breton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛtən/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Breton (countable and uncountable, plural Bretons)

1. (countable) A person from Brittany.
2. (uncountable) The Celtic language of Brittany.

Translations

person from Brittany

• Asturian: bretón (ast) m, bretona f
• Basque: bretoi
• Breton: Breton (br) m, Bretonez (br) f, Breizhad (br) m, Breizhadez (br) f
• Catalan: bretó (ca) m, bretona (ca) f
• 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
• Galician: bretón (gl) m, bretoa f
• Georgian: ბრეტონელი (breṭoneli)
• German: Bretone (de) m, Bretonin f
• Hindi: ब्रेतनी (hi) (bretnī), ब्रेटन (hi) (breṭan)
• Irish: Briotánach m
• Italian: bretone (it)
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• Macedonian: Бретонец (mk) m (Bretonec), Бретонка (mk) f (Bretonka)
• Marathi: ब्रेटोन (breṭon)
• Occitan: breton (oc) m
• Old French: Breton
• 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 f
• Welsh: Llydäwr m, Llydawes f

the language

• 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
• Catalan: bretó (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Cornish: Bretonek m
• Czech: bretonština (cs) f
• Danish: bretonsk (da)
• Dutch: Bretons (nl)
• Esperanto: bretona lingvo
• Estonian: bretooni
• Finnish: bretoni (fi)
• French: breton (fr) m
• 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)
• Korean: 브루타뉴어 (Beurutanyu-eo)
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• Latvian: bretoņu
• Limburgish: Breitsj (li) n
• Lithuanian: bretonų (lt)
• Macedonian: бретонски (mk) m (bretonski)
• Moksha: Бретононь (Bŕetonoń)
• Norman: Bréton m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bretonsk (no)

  Nynorsk: bretonsk

• Occitan: breton (oc) m
• Persian: برتونی (fa) (Beretuni)
• Polish: (język) bretoński (pl) m
• Portuguese: bretão (pt) m
• Romanian: bretonă (ro) f
• Russian: брето́нский (ru) m (bretónskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Breatannais f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бретонски m

  Roman: bretonski (sh) m

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Breton terms
• Appendix:Breton Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Breton
• (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Breton|]].

Proper noun

Breton

1. A village in Alberta, Canada.

Adjective

Breton (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Brittany.

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)
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bretonsk (no)

  Nynorsk: bretonsk

• Occitan: breton (oc)
• Old French: breton
• 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
• Welsh: Llydewig (cy)

Anagrams

• Berton, Bronte, Brontë, betorn

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French

Etymology

From Old French Breton, from Latin Britto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁə.tɔ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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Noun

Breton m (plural Bretons, feminine Bretonne)

1. Breton (inhabitant of Brittany)

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• Bretun

Etymology

Latin Britto.

Noun

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

1. Breton (inhabitant of Brittany)

Descendants

• French: Breton