bres
Catalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French berceau.
Noun
editbres m (plural bressos)
- (Northwestern Catalan, Northern Valencia, Balearic) cradle
- (Northwestern Catalan) a big cradle-shaped basket
Related terms
editFurther 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
editVerb
editbres
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editbres f (plural bressen, diminutive bresje n)
Derived terms
editMiddle English
editNoun
editbres
- Alternative form of bras
Norwegian Bokmål
editVerb
editbres
- passive form of bre
Welsh
editNoun
editbres
- Soft mutation of pres.
Mutation
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