bres
See also: Breś
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French berceau.
Noun edit
bres m (plural bressos)
- (Northwestern Catalan, Northern Valencia, Balearic) cradle
- (Northwestern Catalan) a big cradle-shaped basket
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bres” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bres”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bres” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bres” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bres
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, bresche (“a breach, an opening, crack”), from Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekō (“a breaking, breach, fallow ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack”).
Cognate with Old High German brecha (“a break”). More at break.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bres f (plural bressen, diminutive bresje n)
Derived terms edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
bres
- Alternative form of bras
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
bres
- passive form of bre
Welsh edit
Noun edit
bres
- Soft mutation of pres.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pres | bres | mhres | phres |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |