See also: Bręk and břek

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Shortening.

Noun edit

brek (countable and uncountable, plural breks)

  1. (informal) breakfast

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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

brek

  1. Pronunciation spelling of break.
    • 1897, William O. Stoddard, Crowded Out o' Crofield[1]:
      "They were goin' to brek into me house, indade," said Mrs. McNamara.
    • 1900, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories[2]:
      At a very early age his shrill voice could be heard calling in admonitory tones, caught from his mother's very lips, "You 'Nelius, don' you let me ketch you th'owin' at ol' mis' guinea-hens no mo'; you hyeah me?" or "Hi'am, you come offen de top er dat shed 'fo' you fall an' brek yo' naik all to pieces."
    • 1715, S.R. Crockett, Bog-Myrtle and Peat[3]:
      If that's Gavin Stevenson, the muckle nowt, I declare I'll brek his ramshackle blunderbuss owre his thick heid."

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Deverbal from brečet.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbrɛk]
  • Hyphenation: brek

Noun edit

brek m inan

  1. crying
    Synonyms: pláč, brekot, bek
    dát se do brekuto start crying

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Further reading edit

  • brek in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • brek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • brek in Internetová jazyková příručka

Faroese edit

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brek n (genitive singular breks, plural brek)

  1. defect
  2. disability
  3. infirmity
  4. hindrance
  5. (computing) bug

Declension edit

Declension of brek
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brek brekið brek brekini
accusative brek brekið brek brekini
dative breki brekinum brekum brekunum
genitive breks breksins breka brekanna

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brek n (genitive singular breks, nominative plural brek)

  1. (uncountable) trickery
  2. (countable) practical joke

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brek n (definite singular breket, indefinite plural brek, definite plural breka)

  1. a bleat

Verb edit

brek

  1. imperative of breka

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English break.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /brɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Syllabification: brek

Noun edit

brek m inan

  1. break (large four-wheeled carriage)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • brek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • brek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *berkъ.

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brek m inan

  1. wild service tree, chequer tree (Sorbus torminalis)
    Synonyms: breka, brekovec

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Italian bracco.

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brek m anim

  1. hunting dog

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from English break.

Noun edit

brẹ̑k m inan

  1. break (four-wheeled carriage)

Further reading edit

  • brek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

brek c (plural brekken, diminutive brekje)

  1. break, fracture
  2. fraction

Further reading edit

  • brek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Verb edit

brek

  1. Alternative form of brocke
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 10, page 88:
      T' brek up ee bathès h' had na poustee;
      To break up the goal they had not power;

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 88