Brett

• IPA^(key): /bɹɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.

Brett

1. A surname transferred from the nickname meaning "Breton, an inhabitant of Brittany".
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
3. A river in Suffolk, England, which joins the Suffolk River Stour at Higham in Babergh district.

• (male given name): Bret

Short for Brettanomyces.

Brett (uncountable)

1. (informal) Brettanomyces, a yeast genus that is used in brewing some beers, and can also affect the taste of wine.

• Breet, Braat, Bratt

Compare Luxembourgish Breet, German Breite.

Brett f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) breadth, width

   De Brett von Lastr war ze gruß, do issr in dr Brick stacken gebliem.

   The width of the truck was too big, so it got stuck in the bridge.

• https://www.erzgebirgisch.de/b.braat_1.wort

From Middle High German bret, from Old High German bret, from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą, an e-grade byform of *burdą (“board, plank”). Cognate with Old English bred and Yiddish ברעט (bret).

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

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Brett n (strong, genitive Brettes or Bretts, plural Bretter, diminutive Brettchen n or Brettlein n)

1. board, plank

   Die Fenster des verlassenen Hauses waren alle mit Brettern vernagelt.

   The windows of the abandoned house were all boarded up (nailed shut with boards).

2. (slang, music) energetic, forceful track

• → Esperanto: breto

• “Brett” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Brett” in Duden online
• “Brett” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Brett n (plural Bretter, diminutive Brettche)

1. board

   En Brett fum Boddem is los.

   A floorboard is loose.

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Brett”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 28

• Bret

From a British form of Latin Brittō.

• IPA^(key): /brett/, [bret]

Brett m

1. Briton (native or inhabitant of Britain)
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 491

     Ne wearþ þǣr furðum ān Brett tō lāfe.

     There was not even one Briton left.

2. Breton (native or inhabitant of Brittany)

Strong a-stem:

• Brettas
• Brettisċ

• Breten

Compare German Brett, Dutch berd, Old English bred.

Brett n (plural Bredder)

1. bracket
2. board

• Bord