brig

See also: bríg

English

a Brig-rigged vessel

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɹɪɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
2. (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

Translations

two-masted vessel

• Catalan: bergantí m
• Czech: briga (cs) f
• Dutch: brigantijn m or f, brik (nl) m or f
• Finnish: priki (fi)
• French: brigantin (fr) m
• German: Brigg (de) f
• Greek: μπρίκι (el) n (bríki), πάρων (el) m (páron)
• Italian: brigantino (it) m
• Maori: pereki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brigg m

  Nynorsk: brigg m

• Polish: bryg (pl) m
• Portuguese: brigue (pt) m, brigantim m
• Romanian: bric (ro) n
• Russian: бриг (ru) m (brig)
• Serbo-Croatian: brig (sh) m, brik (sh) m
• Spanish: bergantín (es) m
• Swedish: brigg (sv) c

naval military jail or guardhouse

• Catalan: calabós m
• Dutch: cachot (nl) n, legergevangenis, militaire gevangenis, (naval) scheepsgevangenis, gevang (nl) n
• Finnish: putka (fi)
• French: cachot (fr) m

• German: Arrestzelle (de) f, Militärgefängnis (de) n
• Greek: (slang) μπαλαούρο (el) n (balaoúro)
• Russian: гауптва́хта (ru) f (gauptváxta), ка́рцер (ru) m (kárcer), тюрьма́ (ru) f (tjurʹmá)
• Spanish: calabozo m

See also

• hermaphrodite brig
• gun-brig

Etymology 2

From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
   • 1790, Burns, Robert, Tam o' Shanter:

     Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;

Etymology 3

Clipping of brigadier

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. Brigadier.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• BIRG, RGBI

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bryċġ.

Noun

brig

1. Alternative form of brigge

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse bryggja. Doublet of brigge.

Noun

brig

1. bridge

Alternative forms

• brigg, bryg, bregg

Descendants

• Scots: brig, brigg, breeg
  • → English: brig, brigg

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲrʲiɣʲ/

Noun

brig

1. inflection of brí:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
brig	brig pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbrig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bergъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brik/

Noun

brig m

1. bank, shore (of a river)

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Scots

Alternative forms

• brigg, breeg

Etymology

From Middle English brig, from Old Norse bryggja.

Noun

brig

1. bridge

   Stirling Brig ― Stirling Bridge

   The craic brig ― The craic bridge (craic is an Irish spelling of the word crack, but both spellings have the same meaning)

   • 1839, The Life of Mansie Wauch‎^[1]:

     “Dinna flatter me,” said James; […] replacing his glasses on the brig of his nose, he then read us a screed of metre […].

     “Don’t flatter me,” said James; […] replacing his glasses on the bridge of his nose, he then read us a screed of metre.

Descendants

• → English: brig, brigg

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English brig.

Noun

brig m (Cyrillic spelling бриг)

1. A brig (two-masted vessel)

Synonyms

• brik

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briːɡ/

Noun

brig m (plural brigau)

1. crest, peak, summit, top

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brig	frig	mrig	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.