bres

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See also: Breś

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French berceau.

Noun

bres m (plural bressos)

  1. (Northwestern Catalan, Northern Valencia, Balearic) cradle
  2. (Northwestern Catalan) a big cradle-shaped basket
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Etymology 2

Verb

bres

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of bressar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, bresche (“a breach, an opening, crack”), from Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekō (“a breaking, breach, fallow ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack”).

Cognate with Old High German brecha (“a break”). More at break.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɛs/
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  • Hyphenation: bres
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

bres f (plural bressen, diminutive bresje n)

  1. breach, gap, opening

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Middle English

Noun

bres

  1. Alternative form of bras

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bres

  1. passive form of bre

Welsh

Noun

bres

  1. Soft mutation of pres.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pres bres mhres phres
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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