different between brise vs brie

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?a?z/

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.

References

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

Anagrams

• biers, birse

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German brise (“breeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri?s?/, [?b??i?s?]
• Rhymes: -i?s?

Noun

brise c (singular definite brisen, plural indefinite briser)

1. breeze

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?iz/

Noun

brise f (plural brises)

1. breeze

Descendants

• ? Romanian: briz?

Verb

brise

1. first-person singular present indicative of briser
2. third-person singular present indicative of briser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of briser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of briser
5. second-person singular imperative of briser

Further reading

• “brise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bries
• sbire

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??????/

Verb

brise

1. present subjunctive analytic of bris

Noun

brise f

1. genitive singular of bris

Mutation

Norman

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Noun

brise f (plural brises)

1. (Jersey, weather) breeze

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?i?/
• Rhymes: -i?
• Homophone: bree

Noun

brie (uncountable)

1. A variety of soft, mild French cheese made from cow's milk.

Translations

See also

• camembert

Anagrams

• bier

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/
• Hyphenation: brie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

brie m (uncountable)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bri?/, [?bri?]

Noun

brie

1. brie

Usage notes

As the plural forms are somewhat awkward to use it may be advisable to replace the word in plural with a synonym such as: briejuusto (“brie as mass noun”), briepala (“piece of brie”), brieannos (“serving of brie”).

Declension

Synonyms

• briejuusto

French

Etymology

Named after Brie, France, from Gaulish briga (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?i/

Noun

brie m (plural bries)

1. brie

References

Further reading

• “brie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Manx

Verb

brie (verbal noun briaght)

1. ask (for information)

Synonyms

• fenee

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

brie f (plural bries)

1. (Jersey) sweetbread

Portuguese

Etymology

From French brie

Noun

brie m (plural bries)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/

Noun

brie n (uncountable)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

Spanish

Etymology

From French brie.

Noun

brie m (plural bries)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)