beret

• béret
• berret (archaic)

Borrowed from French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɹeɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bəˈɹeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹeɪ, -eɪ

beret (plural berets)

2. (clothing) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

   Hyponym: caubeen

• Ebert, B-tree, Berte

bëret

1. second-person plural present indicative/imperative of bëran

bërēt

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of bëran

Borrowed from French béret.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.rɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɛt
• Syllabification: be‧ret

beret m inan (diminutive berecik)

1. beret (headwear)

• beret in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• beret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

beret n (plural berete)

1. alternative form of beretă