brise

See also: Brise, brisé, and břiše

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

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.

See also

• brise-bise
• brise soleil

 

References

• “†brise” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• Biser, biers, birse

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briːsə/, [ˈb̥ʁiːsə]
• Rhymes: -iːsə

Noun

brise c (singular definite brisen, plural indefinite briser)

1. breeze

Inflection

Declension of brise

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁiz/

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Noun

brise f (plural brises)

1. breeze

Descendants

• → Romanian: briză

Verb

brise

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

Further reading

• “brise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bries
• sbire

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃə/

Verb

brise

1. present subjunctive analytic of bris

Noun

brise f

1. genitive singular of bris

Mutation

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.

Norman

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Noun

brise f (plural brises)

1. (Jersey, weather) breeze

Portuguese

Verb

brise

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