different between brig vs brigantine
brig
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)
- (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
- (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)
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
Etymology 3
Clipping of brigadier
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
- 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
- Alternative form of brigge
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Norse bryggja. Doublet of brigge.
Noun
brig
- bridge
Alternative forms
- brigg, bryg, bregg
Descendants
- Scots: brig, brigg, breeg
- ? English: brig, brigg
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?r?i??/
Noun
brig
- inflection of brí:
- accusative/dative singular
- nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural
Mutation
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *berg?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brik/
Noun
brig m
- bank, shore (of a river)
Scots
Alternative forms
- brigg, breeg
Etymology
From Middle English brig, from Old Norse bryggja.
Noun
brig
- bridge
Descendants
- ? English: brig, brigg
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From English brig.
Noun
brig m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- A brig (two-masted vessel)
Synonyms
- brik
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bri??/
Noun
brig m (plural brigau)
- crest, peak, summit, top
Mutation
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brigantine
English
Etymology 1
1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante (“skirmisher, pirate, brigand”), from Latin brigare (“to fight”).
Noun
brigantine (plural brigantines)
- (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
Synonyms
- hermaphrodite brig (the synonymy is controversial)
Translations
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
brigantine (plural brigantines)
- Alternative form of brigandine
French
Noun
brigantine f (plural brigantines)
- trapeze-shaped type of sail
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
- “brigantine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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