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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)
- (Northwestern Catalan, Northern Valencia, Balearic) cradle
- (Northwestern Catalan) a big cradle-shaped basket
Further reading
Etymology 2
Verb
bres
- (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/
- Hyphenation: bres
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Noun
bres f (plural bressen, diminutive bresje n)
- breach, gap, opening
Derived terms
Middle English
Noun
bres
- Alternative form of bras
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
bres
- passive form of bre
Welsh
Noun
bres
- Soft mutation of pres.
Mutation