different between bree vs brek

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Etymology 1

From Middle English brewe, bre, bregh, from Old English br?? (“eyelid”) (Anglian dialect). Compare West Saxon br?w, br?aw, br?a? (“eyelid”), from Proto-Germanic *br?w?. Cognate with Dutch (wenk)brauw, German Braue. Compare brae from the same source. Apparently related to brow.

Noun

bree (plural brees)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) The eyelid.
2. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) The eyebrow.
3. (Scotland) The brow; forehead.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bre, breie (“broth; gravy”), apparently from Old English br?w, br?? (“pottage; porridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *br?w (“porridge; mash”), whence also German Brei, Dutch brij. Alternatively, the word could be a cognate of German Brühe (“broth”), from Middle High German brüeje, from the verb brüejen (“to scald, boil”), from Proto-Germanic *br?an?, whence modern German brühen, Dutch broeien, Middle Low German br?jen. This is less likely, however, since the verb is not attested in English nor in Old Norse. Both paths eventually lead to the Proto-Indo-European root *b?rewh?- (“to boil, toss, cook, brew”), whence also English broth and brew.

Noun

bree (plural brees)

1. (obsolete outside Scotland) Broth.

Anagrams

• Beer, Eber, Erbe, Reeb, be-er, beer, bere, eber, reeb

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”), from Proto-Celtic *br?gos (“strength”) (compare Welsh bri (“fame, distinction”)), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rih?-g-, a suffixed extended form of *g?réh?us (“heavy”) (compare Latin gravis, Ancient Greek ????? (barús), and Sanskrit ???? (gurú).

Noun

bree m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. power
2. energy, stamina, vigour
3. animation, glow
4. virtue
5. initiative
6. validity
7. drift, essence, gist, significance, implication, importance
8. effect
9. interpretation

Mutation

Derived terms

• breeoil
• co-vree
• neuvree
• neuvreeagh

Verb

bree (verbal noun breeaghey, past participle breeaghit)

1. to power, energize, invigorate

Mutation

Middle English

Noun

bree

1. Alternative form of brewe

Scots

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English br?owan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/

Noun

bree (plural brees)

1. broth, liquor
2. juice, essence (of a liquid or a flower).

Spanish

Verb

bree

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of brear.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of brear.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of brear.

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

brek (countable and uncountable, plural breks)

1. (informal) breakfast

Etymology 2

Verb

brek

1. Pronunciation spelling of break.

Anagrams

• Berk, berk, kerb

Czech

Alternative forms

• brekot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?br?k]
• Hyphenation: brek

Noun

brek m inan

1. crying

Declension

Synonyms

• plá?, brekot, bek

Related terms

• bre?et

Further reading

• brek in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• brek in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, plural brek)

1. defect
2. disability
3. infirmity
4. hindrance
5. (computing) bug

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, nominative plural brek)

1. (uncountable) trickery
2. (countable) practical joke

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bre?k/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

brek n (definite singular breket, indefinite plural brek, definite plural breka)

1. a bleat

Verb

brek

1. imperative of breka

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

brek c (plural brekken, diminutive brekje)

1. break, fracture
2. fraction

Further reading

• “brek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011