brizo

From English breeze, German Brise, French brise, Russian бриз (briz), Polish bryza, ultimately of uncertain origin. Compare Italian brezza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrizo/
• Rhymes: -izo
• Hyphenation: bri‧zo

brizo (accusative singular brizon, plural brizoj, accusative plural brizojn)

1. (weather) breeze

• venteto

• brizeto

• birizo, bricio

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate Celtic language, likely related to berro (“cress”); compare Gaulish berula.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɾiθʊ], (western) [ˈbɾisʊ]

brizo m (plural brizos)

1. fool's watercress (Apium nodiflorum)

   Synonyms: berro femia, labaza

2. watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

   Synonyms: agrión, berro

3. water parsnip (Berula erecta)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brizo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “brizo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brizo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

brizo (plural brizi)

1. (weather) breeze (of wind/sea)

• brizoza

brizo

1. first-person singular present indicative of brizar