bres

== 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) (Northwestern Catalan, Northern Valencia, Balearic) cradle (Northwestern Catalan) a big cradle-shaped basket ===== Related terms ===== bressol, bressar ==== Further reading ==== “bres”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “bres”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “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 (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/ Hyphenation: bres Rhymes: -ɛs === Noun === bres f (plural bressen, diminutive bresje n) breach, gap, opening ==== Derived terms ==== voor iemand in de bres springen == Middle English == === Noun === bres alternative form of bras == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === bres passive form of bre == Polish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Greater Poland): (Kuyavia) IPA(key): [ˈbrɛs] === Noun === bres m animal (Kuyavia) synonym of kleszcz === Further reading === Kazimierz Nitsch (1907), “bres”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 387 == Welsh == === Noun === bres soft mutation of pres === Mutation ===