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brise

See also: Brise, brisé, and břiše

English

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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brise (plural brises)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
    • 1616: Richard Surflet [tr.] and Gervase Markham [aug.], Estienne and Liébault’s Maison Rustique, or The Countrie Farme, page 92
      Afterward let him draw a Brise or two made fast in the yoke.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German brise (“breeze”), of uncertain origin (see brise below).

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Noun

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brise c (singular definite brisen, plural indefinite briser)

  1. breeze

Inflection

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Declension of brise
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brise brisen briser briserne
genitive brises brisens brisers brisernes

French

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Etymology

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Origin obscure. Probably borrowed through Vulgar Latin from a Germanic language, but the exact source is unclear; possibly Frankish *brāþi (“steam, vapor”).[1][2]

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  • IPA(key): /bʁiz/
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Noun

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brise f (plural brises)

  1. breeze

Descendants

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  • → Romanian: briză

Verb

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brise

  1. inflection of briser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  2. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “brezza”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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Irish

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Verb

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brise

  1. present subjunctive analytic of bris

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brise f

  1. genitive singular of bris

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brise bhrise mbrise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Etymology

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Of Germanic origin.

Noun

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brise f (plural brises)

  1. (Jersey, weather) breeze

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Verb

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brise

  1. inflection of brisar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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