brise

See also: Brise and brisé

English

Etymology

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Noun

brise (plural brises)

1. (obsolete, rare) A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
   • 1616: Richard Surflet [tr.] and Gervase Markham [aug.], Estienne and Liébault’s Maison Rustique, or The Countrie Farme, page 92

     Afterward let him draw a Brise or two made fast in the yoke.

References

• “†brise” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• biers, birse

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German brise (“breeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briːsə/, [ˈb̥ʁiːsə]
• Rhymes: -iːsə

Noun

brise c (singular definite brisen, plural indefinite briser)

1. breeze

Inflection

Declension of brise

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brise	brisen	briser	briserne
genitive	brises	brisens	brisers	brisernes

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁiz/

• Audio:

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Noun

brise f (plural brises)

1. breeze

Verb

brise

1. first-person singular present indicative of briser
2. third-person singular present indicative of briser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of briser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of briser
5. second-person singular imperative of briser

Further reading

• “brise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bries
• sbire

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃə/

Verb

brise

1. present subjunctive analytic of bris

Noun

brise f

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of bris

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brise	bhrise	mbrise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Norman

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Noun

brise f (plural brises)

1. (Jersey, weather) breeze