brett
See also: Brett
English
Etymology 1
Short for Brettanomyces.
Noun
brett (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of Brett (“Brettanomyces”).
- 2014, Dan Rabin, Colorado Breweries, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 226:
- The brewery produces a series of wild brett beers called Cases of the Mondays, a name inspired by the movie Office Space.
- 2016, Christian DeBenedetti, The Great American Ale Trail (Revised Edition), Running Press, →ISBN:
- “Wild Wild Brett,” an early experiment of all-brett beers based on the color spectrum is now a part of the Crooked Stave lore, too.
- (informal) A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.
Etymology 2
Noun
brett (plural bretts)
- (archaic) A britchka; a kind of horse-drawn carriage.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt.
Noun
brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett or bretter, definite plural bretta or brettene)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
brett
- imperative of brette
References
- “brett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt.
Noun
brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett, definite plural bretta)
Derived terms
References
- “brett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
brett
- indefinite neuter singular of bred
Verb
brett
- supine of breda