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bre

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See also: Bre, BrE, BRE, -bre, Bré, and ʼbrê

Translingual

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Symbol

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bre

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

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Albanian

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Interjection

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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?
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Middle English

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Noun

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bre

  1. Alternative form of brewe

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Of uncertain origin.

Noun

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

  1. a glacier
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse breiða.

Verb

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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
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Compare to Icelandic breði and Icelandic breðafönn

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. a glacier

Synonyms

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Romanian

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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bre

  1. hey, dude
  2. wow

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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bre m

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

Interjection

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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

Usage notes

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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.

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Descendants

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  • German: Bre
  • Swedish: bre

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From breda.

Verb

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

  1. (sometimes colloquial) Apocopic form of breda (to spread)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bre. Compare German Bre.

Interjection

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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
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Anagrams

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Turkish

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Etymology

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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).

Interjection

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bre

  1. hey
  2. yo (slang)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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