different between brig vs bridg

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /b???/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
2. (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

Translations

See also

• hermaphrodite brig
• gun-brig

Etymology 2

From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugj?. Doublet of bridge.

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.

Etymology 3

Clipping of brigadier

Noun

brig (plural brigs)

1. Brigadier.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• RGBI

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bry??.

Noun

brig

1. Alternative form of brigge

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse bryggja. Doublet of brigge.

Noun

brig

1. bridge

Alternative forms

• brigg, bryg, bregg

Descendants

• Scots: brig, brigg, breeg
  • ? English: brig, brigg

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?r?i??/

Noun

brig

1. inflection of brí:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural

Mutation

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *berg?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brik/

Noun

brig m

1. bank, shore (of a river)

Scots

Alternative forms

• brigg, breeg

Etymology

From Middle English brig, from Old Norse bryggja.

Noun

brig

1. bridge

Descendants

• ? English: brig, brigg

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English brig.

Noun

brig m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. A brig (two-masted vessel)

Synonyms

• brik

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri??/

Noun

brig m (plural brigau)

1. crest, peak, summit, top

Mutation

English

Noun

bridg (plural bridges)

1. Obsolete form of bridge.