brio

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See also: brio- and brío

English

Etymology

From Italian brio (“finesse, talent”), from Spanish brío, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brīgos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹiːoʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːoʊ

Noun

brio (uncountable)

  1. Vigour or vivacity.
    • 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, Part II Chapter I:
      He lay tossing restlessly on a dirty old straw palliasse, and was in great pain; but greeted his friend with a dash of the old brio.
    • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
      And as if to undermine their authority still further, Welsh Philpott in his innocence has made the error of placing Rick beside the pulpit in the very spot from which in the past he has read us the day's lesson with such brio and persuasion.

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Esperanto

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Etymology

From French brie, named after Brie, France, from Gaulish *briga (“hill”).

Pronunciation

Noun

brio (accusative singular brion, plural brioj, accusative plural briojn)

  1. brie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian brio.

Pronunciation

Noun

brio m (uncountable)

  1. brilliance, panache
  2. (music) con brio

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish brío, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brīgos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbri.o/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: brì‧o

Noun

brio m (plural brii)

  1. vivacity, liveliness

Descendants

  • → English: brio
  • → French: brio

Anagrams

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brīgos.

Pronunciation

  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈbɾi.o/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbɾi.ʊ/
  • Rhymes: -io

Noun

brio m

  1. pride, dignity
    • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Don Gonçalo, pois queredes ir d’aqui pera Sevilha:
      E hūa cousa sei eu deuos / E tenho pʳ muj gram brio / E poren uolo iuro muita fⁱmas e affio / q̄ senpre auedes amorreg em juu’no ē istio
      And a thing I know of you / And which I have great pride, / And therefore I swear to you firmly and uninterruptedly / that you will die in winter or in summer.
  2. bravery

Descendants

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brīw (“mash, porridge”).

Noun

brīo m

  1. mash (as in mashed potatoes).

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese brio. Possibly from Spanish brío (“vigour”), from Old Occitan briu (“wild”), from Proto-Celtic *brīgos. Compare Galician brío.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iu
  • Hyphenation: bri‧o

Noun

brio m (plural brios)

  1. mettle; courage
  2. zeal; vigour; vivacity
  3. pride; dignity

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:brio.

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