Borrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.
brie (countable and uncountable, plural bries)
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brie m (uncountable)
brie
As the plural forms are somewhat awkward to use it may be advisable to replace the word in plural with a synonym such as: briejuusto (“brie as mass noun”), briepala (“piece of brie”), brieannos (“serving of brie”).
Inflection of brie (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | brie | briet | |
genitive | brien | brieiden brieitten | |
partitive | brietä | brieitä | |
illative | briehin | brieihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | brie | briet | |
accusative | nom. | brie | briet |
gen. | brien | ||
genitive | brien | brieiden brieitten | |
partitive | brietä | brieitä | |
inessive | briessä | brieissä | |
elative | briestä | brieistä | |
illative | briehin | brieihin | |
adessive | briellä | brieillä | |
ablative | brieltä | brieiltä | |
allative | brielle | brieille | |
essive | brienä | brieinä | |
translative | brieksi | brieiksi | |
abessive | briettä | brieittä | |
instructive | — | briein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Named after Brie, France, from Gaulish *briga (“hill”).[1] Doublet of Bourgogne.
brie m (plural bries)
brie (verbal noun briaght)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
brie f (plural bries)
brie m (plural bries)
brie n (uncountable)
singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | brie | brieul |
genitive-dative | brie | brieului |
vocative | brieule |
Unadapted borrowing from French brie.
brie m (plural bries)
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.