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== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹɛd/ Rhymes: -ɛd Homophone: bread === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== bred simple past and past participle of breed [from 1650s] ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bred, from Old English bred (“board, plank, tablet, table”). More at braid. ==== Noun ==== bred (plural breds) (dialectal) Alternative form of braid (“board, shelf, plank”). === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “bred (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === EBRD == Bislama == === Etymology === From English bread. === Noun === bred bread == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish breth, from Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz. Cognate with Old English brad. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /breːˀð/, [ˈb̥ʁæˀð], [ˈb̥ʁæðˀ] ==== Adjective ==== bred (neuter bredt, plural and definite singular attributive brede) broad, wide === Inflection === === Synonyms === vid === Antonyms === smal === References === “bred,2” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 2 === From Old Danish bræd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz, cognate with Norwegian bredd, Swedish brädd, Old English breord. Related to *bruzdaz (“thorn”) (Danish brod) and possibly also *burdą (“board”) (Danish bord). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /breð(ˀ)/, [ˈb̥ʁæðˀ], [ˈb̥ʁæð] ==== Noun ==== bred c (singular definite bredden, plural indefinite bredder) shore bank ===== Declension ===== ===== References ===== “bred,1” in Den Danske Ordbog == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English brēad, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. ==== Alternative forms ==== bredd, brede, breed, breede, breid, brid bread, bræd (Early Middle English) bryad, bryead (Kent) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /brɛ̝ːd/ ==== Noun ==== bred bread, pastry variety of bread food, nourishment livelihood, sustenance ===== Synonyms ===== (bread): payn ===== Related terms ===== bredles gyngebred holy bred ===== Descendants ===== English: bread (see there for further descendants) English: (West Yorkshire) breead Geordie: breed Scots: breid Yola: breed ===== References ===== “brēd, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== bred alternative form of breden (“to breed”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === brei === Etymology === From Old Norse breiðr. === Adjective === bred (neuter singular bredt, definite singular and plural brede, comparative bredere, indefinite superlative bredest, definite superlative bredeste) wide, broad ==== Antonyms ==== smal ==== Derived terms ==== bredbånd === References === “bred” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Old English == === Alternative forms === bræd === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą, derived from the e-grade *bʰredʰóm, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-dʰ-, extended form of *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Cognates include German Brett, Yiddish ברעט (bret). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bred/ === Noun === bred n surface plank, board table, tablet ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== bord ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bridd (possibly) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bred, bræd, brede (from the oblique cases) English: bred, brade, braid (dialectal) Scots: bred, braid, brad == Old Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *braid. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbreːd/, [ˈbrɛːd] === Adjective === brēd broad, wide ==== Descendants ==== North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: briad Goesharde: briid Heligoland: bread Mooring: briidj Sylt: breeđ Saterland Frisian: breed West Frisian: brie ==== References ==== Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *braid. === Adjective === brēd broad, wide ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: *brêd German Low German: Altmärkisch: breet Low Prussian, Westphalian (Bentheimisch, Westmünsterländisch): breed Westphalian: Dortmundisch: braẹ̆t Sauerländisch: bräit, brait (Elpe, Felbecke, Finnentrop, Attendorn, Elspe), brǟt (Niedersfeld) East Westphalian: breit (Lippe) Eastphalian: breit (Wedemark) == Senhaja de Srair == === Etymology === Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic برد (brad), from Arabic بَرَدَ (barada). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brəd/ === Verb === bred (verbal noun lebruda, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⵔⴻⴷ) (intransitive) to be or become cold Synonym: ṣemmiḍ (Zerqet) Iberd-id lḥal. ― It is cold. ==== Related terms ==== === References === Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[1], retrieved 2025 Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish brēþer, from Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eːd === Adjective === bred (comparative bredare, superlative bredast) wide, broad (having great width) broad (having great extent) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bredbent bredvid gå den breda vägen ==== Related terms ==== bredd (“width”) bredda (“to widen”) ==== See also ==== smal vid === Verb === bred imperative of breda === References === bred in Svensk ordbok (SO) bred in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) bred in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)