brial

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan blial, perhaps from Frankish *blīwafalþ, from *blīu (“colour, hue; lead”) +‎ *falþan (“to fold”). Cognate with French bliaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [bɾiˈal]

Noun

brial m (plural brials)

1. (historical) bliaut
2. (Valencia) petticoat, underskirt

   Synonyms: enagos, faldeta

References

• “brial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese brial (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Occitan blial or Old French bliaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɾiˈal]

Noun

brial m (plural briais)

1. (historical) bliaut

References

• “brial” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “brial” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Spanish

Noun

brial m (plural briales)

1. bliaut; bliaud

Further reading

• “brial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014