bream
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The common bream, Abramis brama
See also: Bream
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)).
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA(key): /bɹiːm/
- Rhymes: -iːm
- (US) IPA(key): /bɹɪm/, /bɹim/, /bɹɛm/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪm
- Homophone: brim
Noun
bream (plural bream or breams)
- A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
- (British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama.
- Synonym: carp bream
- An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
- A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.
Derived terms
Translations
fish of the genus Abramis
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Abramis brama
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Asian species, Megalobrama terminalis
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American freshwater fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera
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marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera
Etymology 2
Compare broom, and German brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen).
Verb
bream (third-person singular simple present breams, present participle breaming, simple past and past participle breamed)
- (nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
bream
- (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) third-person plural present indicative of brear