biret

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Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech biret. First attested in 1405.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bʲirɛt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bʲirɛt/

Noun

biret m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) kind of cap; biretta
    • 1902 , “Wybór zapisek sądowych grodzkich i ziemskich wielkopolskich z XV wieku”, in Franciszek Piekosiński, editor, Studia, rozprawy i materiały z dziedziny historii polskiej i prawa polskiego, volume 6, Poznań, Pyzdry, Kościan, Gniezno, page 252:
      Yacosm ne wszanl chøszebnø rzeczø panczi *krziwen y bireta Ianowi Gelenewi
    • 1908 , Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490, Lubiń, page 3:
      Schąpką na byreczye apex, idem summitas vel subtilis pileus
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 11v:
      Apex id est summitas vel subtilis pileus schąpką na byreczye

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Polish

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Biret księży (sense 1.2)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish biret.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -irɛt
  • Syllabification: bi‧ret

Noun

biret m inan

  1. square hat
    1. mortarboard
    2. (Roman Catholicism) biretta
    3. (obsolete, Judaism) square Jewish hat
  2. (obsolete, historical) tenaille (historic rampart consisting of two double-arms narrowing towards the stronghold)

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