brig
See also: bríg
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
- (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
- (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
Translations
two-masted vessel
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See also
Etymology 2
From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
- 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:
- Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;
Etymology 3
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English bryċġ.
Noun
brig
- Alternative form of brigge
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Norse bryggja. Doublet of brigge.
Noun
brig
Alternative forms
Descendants
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
brig
- inflection of brí:
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
brig | brig pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbrig |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bergъ.
Noun
brig m
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English brig, from Old Norse bryggja.
Noun
brig
- bridge
- Stirling Brig ― Stirling Bridge
- The craic brig ― The craic bridge (craic is an Irish spelling of the word crack, but both spellings have the same meaning)
- 1839, The Life of Mansie Wauch[1]:
- “Dinna flatter me,” said James; […] replacing his glasses on the brig of his nose, he then read us a screed of metre […].
- “Don’t flatter me,” said James; […] replacing his glasses on the bridge of his nose, he then read us a screed of metre.
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Noun
brig m (Cyrillic spelling бриг)
- A brig (two-masted vessel)
Synonyms
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
brig m (plural brigau)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
brig | frig | mrig | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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