brio
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian brio (“finesse, talent”), from Spanish brío, ultimately from Gaulish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brio (uncountable)
- Vigour or vivacity.
- 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, Part II Chapter I
- He lay tossing restlessly on a dirty old straw palliasse, and was in great pain; but greeted his friend with a dash of the old brio.
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- And as if to undermine their authority still further, Welsh Philpott in his innocence has made the error of placing Rick beside the pulpit in the very spot from which in the past he has read us the day's lesson with such brio and persuasion.
- 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, Part II Chapter I
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brio m (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “brio” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish brío, ultimately from Gaulish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brio m (plural brii)
Descendants[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Old High German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *brīw (“mash, porridge”).
Noun[edit]
brīo m
- mash (as in mashed potatoes).
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish brío (“vigour”), from Old Occitan briu (“wild”), from Gaulish brīgos.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brio m (plural brios)
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:brio.
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