bre

bre

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Breton.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Breton terms

From Greek βρε (vre), from Greek μωρέ (moré, “stupid”, vocative). Doublet of more.

bre

1. A friendly exclamation to a person.

   Folni bre, burra!

   Speak, therefore, men!

2. An exclamation of surprise.

   Bre! Po ç'është kjo?

   Man! What is this?

• brez
• pra

bre

1. alternative form of brewe

Of uncertain origin.

bre m (definite singular breen, indefinite plural breer, definite plural breene)

1. a glacier

• isbre

• breerosjon

From Old Norse breiða.

bre (imperative bre, present tense brer, passive bres, simple past bredde or bredte, past participle bredd or bredt, present participle breende)

1. (also reflexive) to spread

• breie (Nynorsk also)

• utbre

• “bre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bre_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “bre_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• brede

Of uncertain origin. Compare to Icelandic breði and Icelandic breðafönn

• IPA^(key): /breː/

bre m (definite singular breen, indefinite plural brear, definite plural breane)

1. a glacier

• isbre
• fonn (a smaller one)

• breerosjon

• “bre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”) (modern Greek μωρέ (moré)), a frozen vocative of Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “stupid”).

• IPA^(key): /bre/
• Rhymes: -e

bre

1. hey, dude
2. wow

From Old Irish brí (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *brixs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰŕ̥ǵʰs. Distantly cognate with English borough.

bre m

1. (obsolete) hill
2. (obsolete) headland

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek μπρέ (mpré), from Greek μωρέ (moré). Doublet of mȏre.

bre (Cyrillic spelling бре)

1. (Serbia, colloquial) used to insist on or emphasize something being said or commanded, often also stressing the speaker’s perception of evidentness of the thing insisted on: bro, man, I say, I’m telling you, can’t you see
2. (Serbia, colloquial) used to insist on an answer to or emphasize a question: on earth, the hell

   Šta si bre to uradio!? ― What the hell did you just do!?

3. (Serbia, colloquial) used to intensify a preceding interjection

When marking a statement or question as insistent, bre is ordinarily found either immediately after the verb or at the end of the sentence. However, if an interjection or vocative is present, it can instead appear next to it, following an interjection and following or preceding a vocative. In wh-questions bre can also follow the interrogative pronoun.

Bre is also used in sentences in a similar way to "bro" in English.

• bwe

• → German: Bre
• → Swedish: bre

• Jasmina Milićević (2012) “Šta ustvari znači to bre? ‘What does this bre mean, actually?’ Defining Serbian interjection bre ≈ ‘I’m telling / asking you!’”
• Mirjana Mišković-Luković, Mirjana N. Dedaić, and Vladimir Polomac (2015) “The meaning and interpretation of the Serbian discourse marker BRE” in Journal of Pragmatics, vol. 87, pages 18–30

• IPA^(key): /breː/
• Rhymes: -eː

From breda.

bre (present brer, preterite bredde, supine brett, imperative bre)

1. (sometimes colloquial) apocopic form of breda (“to spread”)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bre. Compare German Bre.

bre

1. (slang) bro (as a term of address)

   Sho bre!

   Sup bro!

2. (slang) Emphasizes a statement or question.

   Det här spelet är fett svårt bre

   This game is super difficult, I'm telling you

• shobresvenska

• bre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Slangopedia

• ber

From Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré) (compare modern Greek βρε (vre) and ρε (re), Serbo-Croatian bre, Albanian bre), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”) (modern Greek μωρέ (moré)), a frozen vocative of Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “stupid”).

bre

1. hey
2. yo (slang)

• ey
• hey

• → Armenian: պռե (pṙe)
• → Ladino: bre
• → Romanian: bre

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *breɣ, from Proto-Celtic *brigā and Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”).

• IPA^(key): /breː/
• Rhymes: -eː

bre m or f (plural breon or breoedd)

1. hill, brae

   Synonyms: bryn, bryncyn

bre (feminine singular bre, plural bre, not comparable)

1. high, elevated

   Synonym: uchel

bre

1. upward

   Synonyms: i fyny, lan

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bre”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bre”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies