brême

See also: breme, brème, Breme, and Brême

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʀɛ̃/

Noun

brême f (plural brêmes)

1. (Louisiana) eggplant; aubergine

References

• “brême”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French braisme, from Frankish *brahsima, from West Germanic *brahsmō, from Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see English braid (verb)).

Noun

brême f (plural brêmes)

1. (Jersey) common bream (Abramis brama)
2. (Jersey) red sea bream, blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)
3. (Jersey) black sea bream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)

Synonyms

• (Pagellus bogaraveo): sarde