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Old Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Czech biret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish *birros (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”). First attested in 1405.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /birɛt/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /birɛt/
Noun
biret m animacy unattested
- (attested in Greater Poland) kind of cap (headwear)
1902 [1405], “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- [Jakośm nie wziął chąsiebną rzeczą piąci grzywien i bireta Janowi Jeleniewi]
Descendants
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “biret”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish biret, from Old Czech biret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish *birros (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -irɛt
- Syllabification: bi‧ret
Noun
biret m inan
- square hat
- mortarboard
- profesorski biret ― professor's mortarboard
- biret doktorski ― doctor's mortarboard
- biret sędziowski ― judge's mortarboard
- akademickie birety ― academic mortarboards
- gimnazjalne birety ― middle school mortarboards
- studenckie birety ― students' mortarboards
- uczniowskie birety ― pupils' mortarboards
- biret doktora honoris causa ― doktor honoris causa's/onorary doctorate's/honorary doctor's mortarboards
- absolwenci w biretach ― graduates in mortarboards
- młodzież w biretach ― youth in mortarboards
- (Roman Catholicism) biretta
- księży biret ― priest's biretta
- biret kapłański ― priest's biretta
- królewski biret ― royal biretta
- biret kardynalski ― cardinal's biretta
- biret księdza ― priest's biretta
- biret z pomponem ― biretta with a pompom
- pompon biretu ― biretta's pompom
- kapłan/ksiądz w birecie ― priest in a biretta
Declension
Further reading
- biret in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- biret in Polish dictionaries at PWN