brise
English edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brise (plural brises)
- (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.
- 1616: Richard Surflet [tr.] and Gervase Markham [aug.], Estienne and Liébault’s Maison Rustique, or The Countrie Farme, page 92
See also edit
References edit
- “†brise” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German brise (“breeze”), of uncertain origin (see brise below).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brise c (singular definite brisen, plural indefinite briser)
Inflection edit
French edit
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]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brise f (plural brises)
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: briză
Verb edit
brise
- inflection of briser:
References edit
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “brezza”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Further reading edit
- “brise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
brise
- present subjunctive analytic of bris
Noun edit
brise f
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
brise | bhrise | mbrise |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin.
Noun edit
brise f (plural brises)
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
brise
- inflection of brisar: