bres

See also: Breś

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾəs/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɛs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾes/

Noun

bres m (plural bressos)

1. cradle (Northwestern, Northern Valencian, Balearic)
2. a big cradle-shaped basket (Northwestern)

Related terms

• bressol, bressar

Further reading

• “bres” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bres”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “bres” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bres” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /brɛs/

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• Hyphenation: bres
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

bres f (plural bressen, diminutive bresje n)

1. breach, gap, opening

Derived terms

• voor iemand in de bres springen

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Middle English

Noun

bres

1. Alternative form of bras

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bres

1. passive form of bre

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Welsh

Noun

bres

1. Soft mutation of pres.

Mutation

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.

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

Possibly relating to bräj, breid (“wide.”)

Noun

bres n

1. (anatomy) Crotch, crutch.
2. (zoology) Gland.

Alternative forms

• bress

Related terms

• bresa