bre

See also: BrE and BRE

Albanian

Etymology

Probably a short form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰrā́ter (“brother”). Compare Illyrian *bra, Old Church Slavonic братъ (bratŭ), Old Prussian brāti, Old Norse bróðir, Old Irish bráthair, Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ) and Kurdish, all meaning “brother”.

Interjection

bre

1. A friendly exclamation to a person.

   Folni bre, burra!

   Speak, therefore, men!

2. An exclamation of surprise.

   Bre! Po ç'është kjo?

   Man! What is this?

Related terms

• brez
• pra

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Middle English

Noun

bre

1. Alternative form of brewe

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

bre m (definite singular breen, indefinite plural breer, definite plural breene)

1. a glacier

Synonyms

• isbre

Derived terms

• breerosjon

Etymology 2

From Old Norse breiða

Verb

bre (imperative bre, present tense brer, passive bres, simple past bredde or bredte, past participle bredd or bredt, present participle breende)

1. (also reflexive) to spread

Alternative forms

• breie (Nynorsk also)

Derived terms

• utbre

References

• “bre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bre_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “bre_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• brede

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /breː/

Noun

bre m (definite singular breen, indefinite plural brear, definite plural breane)

1. a glacier

Synonyms

• isbre

Derived terms

• breerosjon

References

• “bre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Turkish bre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bre/
• Rhymes: -e

Interjection

bre

1. hey
2. wow

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From a Celtic word for hill: Proto-Celtic *bargīti, *brigs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

bre m

1. (obsolete) hill
2. (obsolete) headland

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μωρέ (moré).

Interjection

bre (Cyrillic spelling бре)

1. (intensifier, Serbia) used to express passion about the point of a sentence, at any part of a sentence
2. (intensifier, Serbia) similar to English fuck or hell, but not vulgar, e.g.:

   Šta si bre to uradio!? ― What the fuck did you do!?

3. (Serbia, regional) hey
4. (Serbia, slang) yo

Related terms

• bwe

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Turkish

Interjection

bre

1. hey
2. yo (slang)

Synonyms

• ey
• hey