See also: Brise, brisé, and břiše

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brise (plural brises)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
    • 1616: Richard Surflet [tr.] and Gervase Markham [aug.], Estienne and Liébault’s Maison Rustique, or The Countrie Farme, page 92
      Afterward let him draw a Brise or two made fast in the yoke.

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Etymology edit

From Middle Low German brise (breeze), of uncertain origin (see brise below).

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brise c (singular definite brisen, plural indefinite briser)

  1. breeze

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Etymology edit

Origin obscure. Probably borrowed through Vulgar Latin from a Germanic language, but the exact source is unclear; possibly Frankish *brāþi (steam, vapor).[1][2]

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  • IPA(key): /bʁiz/
  • (file)

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brise f (plural brises)

  1. breeze

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  • Romanian: briză

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brise

  1. inflection of briser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  2. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “brezza”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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brise

  1. present subjunctive analytic of bris

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brise f

  1. genitive singular of bris

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brise bhrise mbrise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Of Germanic origin.

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brise f (plural brises)

  1. (Jersey, weather) breeze

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brise

  1. inflection of brisar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative