brial

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan blial, perhaps from Frankish *blīwafalþ, from *blīu (“colour, hue; lead”) +‎ *falþan (“to fold”). Cognate with French bliaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [bɾiˈal]

Noun

brial m (plural brials)

1. (historical) bliaut
2. (Valencia) petticoat, underskirt

   Synonyms: enagos, faldeta

References

• “brial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese brial (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Occitan blial or Old French bliaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɾiˈal]

Noun

brial m (plural briais)

1. (historical) bliaut

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “brial”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “brial”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Spanish

Noun

brial m (plural briales)

1. bliaut; bliaud

Further reading

• “brial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16