mbret
English
Noun
mbret (plural mbrets)
- Alternative form of mpret
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
A Latin loanword, from Vulgar Latin *imperātus (compare Romanian împărat, Aromanian ampirat), from Latin imperātor.[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
mbret m (plural mbretër, definite mbreti, definite plural mbretërit)
- king (monarch or chess piece)
Declension
Declension of mbret
Derived terms
References
- ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 204, by Markos Botsaris
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 83, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbret”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 252