bres

See also: Breś and brès

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɾɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbɾəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾes]

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French berceau.

Noun

bres m (plural bressos)

1. (Northwestern Catalan, Northern Valencia, Balearic) cradle
2. (Northwestern Catalan) a big cradle-shaped basket

Related terms

• bressol, bressar

Further reading

• “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

Verb

bres

1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of bressar

Dutch

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /brɛs/

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• Hyphenation: bres
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

bres f (plural bressen, diminutive bresje n)

1. breach, gap, opening

Derived terms

• voor iemand in de bres springen

Middle English

Noun

bres

1. Alternative form of bras

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bres

1. passive form of bre

Welsh

Noun

bres

1. Soft mutation of pres.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.