břevno

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech břevno, from Proto-Slavic *brьvьno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: břev‧no

Noun

břevno n

  1. beam (large piece of timber or iron)
    Synonym: trám
  2. (sports) crossbar (the top of the goal structure)
  3. (heraldry) fess

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • břevno”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • břevno”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • břevno”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brьvьno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbr̝ɛʋno/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbr̝ɛvno/

Noun

břevno n

  1. beam (large piece of timber or iron)
  2. burden

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: břevno

Further reading