bretelă

== Romanian == === Alternative forms === bretea — prescriptive === Etymology === Borrowed from French bretelle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /breˈte.lə/ Rhymes: -elə Hyphenation: bre‧te‧lă === Noun === bretelă f (plural bretele) (proscribed) (rail transport) diamond crossover communication trench (perpendicular connection between two parallel trenches in trench warfare) alternative form of bretea (“strap”) ==== Usage notes ==== Since its third edition (2021), the Romanian Academy’s prescriptive dictionary has stated bretea to be the single correct form, common both to the clothing- and the transport-related senses. Actual usage does not however reflect this. ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “bretelă”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026