Wiktionary

bre

See also: Bre, BrE, BRE, -bre, Bré, ʼbrê, and bře

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English and French br:brezhoneg.

Symbol

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bre

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Breton.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Greek βρε (vre), from Greek μωρέ (moré, “stupid”, vocative). Doublet of more.

Interjection

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bre

  1. A friendly exclamation to a person.
    Folni bre, burra!
    Speak, therefore, men!
  2. An exclamation of surprise.
    Bre! Po ç'është kjo?
    Man! What is this?
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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Middle Cornish bre, from Proto-Brythonic *breɣ, from Proto-Celtic *brigā and Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”). Cognate with Welsh bre.

Noun

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bre f (plural breow)

  1. hill
    Synonyms: bronn, mena, menydh

Mutation

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Mutation of bre
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
bre vre unchanged pre fre,
vre*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • “bre” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Middle English

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Noun

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bre

  1. alternative form of brewe

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Of uncertain origin.

Noun

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bre m (definite singular breen, indefinite plural breer, definite plural breene)

  1. a glacier
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse breiða.

Verb

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bre (imperative bre, present tense brer, passive bres, simple past bredde or bredte, past participle bredd or bredt, present participle breende)

  1. (also reflexive) to spread
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Derived terms
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Compare to Icelandic breði and Icelandic breðafönn

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bre m (definite singular breen, indefinite plural brear, definite plural breane)

  1. a glacier

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”) (modern Greek μωρέ (moré)), a frozen vocative of Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “stupid”).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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bre

  1. hey, dude
  2. wow

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish brí (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *brixs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰŕ̥ǵʰs. Distantly cognate with English borough.

Noun

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bre m

  1. (obsolete) hill
  2. (obsolete) headland

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek μπρέ (mpré), from Ancient Greek μωρέ (mōré). Doublet of mȏre.

Interjection

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bre (Cyrillic spelling бре)

  1. (Serbia, colloquial) used to insist on or emphasize something being said or commanded, often also stressing the speaker’s perception of evidentness of the thing insisted on: bro, man, I say, I’m telling you, can’t you see
  2. (Serbia, colloquial) used to insist on an answer to or emphasize a question: on earth, the hell
    Šta si bre to uradio!? ― What the hell did you just do!?
  3. (Serbia, colloquial) used to intensify a preceding interjection

Usage notes

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When marking a statement or question as insistent, bre is ordinarily found either immediately after the verb or at the end of the sentence. However, if an interjection or vocative is present, it can instead appear next to it, following an interjection and following or preceding a vocative. In wh-questions bre can also follow the interrogative pronoun.

Bre is also used in sentences in a similar way to "bro" in English.

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Descendants

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  • → German: Bre
  • → Pannonian Rusyn: бре (bre)
  • → Swedish: bre

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From breda.

Verb

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bre (present brer, preterite bredde, supine brett, imperative bre)

  1. (sometimes colloquial) apocopic form of breda (“to spread”)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bre (weak)
active passive
infinitive bre bres
supine brett bretts
imperative bre —
imper. plural1 bren —
present past present past
indicative brer bredde bres breddes
ind. plural1 bre bredde bres breddes
subjunctive2 bre bredde bres breddes
present participle breende
past participle bredd

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bre. Compare German Bre.

Interjection

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bre

  1. (slang) bro (as a term of address)
    Sho bre!
    Sup bro!
  2. (slang) Emphasizes a statement or question.
    Det här spelet är fett svårt bre
    This game is super difficult, I'm telling you
Derived terms
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References

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Anagrams

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré) (compare modern Greek βρε (vre) and ρε (re), Serbo-Croatian bre, Albanian bre), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”) (modern Greek μωρέ (moré)), a frozen vocative of Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “stupid”).

Interjection

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bre

  1. hey
  2. yo (slang)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • → Armenian: պռե (pṙe)
  • → Ladino: bre
  • → Romanian: bre

Welsh

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *breɣ, from Proto-Celtic *brigā and Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bre m or f (plural breon or breoedd)

  1. hill, brae
    Synonyms: bryn, bryncyn

Adjective

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bre (feminine singular bre, plural bre, not comparable)

  1. high, elevated
    Synonym: uchel

Adverb

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bre

  1. upward
    Synonyms: i fyny, lan

Mutation

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Mutated forms of bre
radical soft nasal aspirate
bre fre mre unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bre”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bre”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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