Brest

See also: brest

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Homophone: breast

Etymology 1

From Breton Brest (via French), from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), compare Scottish Gaelic bre.

Proper noun

Brest

  1. A port city in Brittany, France.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Брест (Brest).

Proper noun

Brest

  1. A city in Belarus, on the border with Poland.
    Synonyms: Brest-Litovsk, Brest-on-the-Bug
Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From earlier Bresta, from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bre (“hill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁɛst/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Brest m

  1. Brest (a city in Brittany, France)

Derived terms

References

  • Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French Brest.

Proper noun

Brest ?

  1. Brest (a city in Brittany, France)

Etymology 2

From Belarusian Брэст (Brest).

Proper noun

Brest ?

  1. Brest (a city in Belarus)

Spanish

Proper noun

Brest ?

  1. Brest (a city in Brittany)
  2. Brest (a city in Belarus)
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