different between brek vs bren

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English brennen, from Old English bærnan, from Proto-Germanic *brannijan? (“to set on fire”). Cognate with German brennen, Swedish bränna. Doublet of burn; see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

bren (third-person singular simple present brens, present participle brenning, simple past brenned, past participle brenned or brent)

1. (obsolete) To burn (to set ablaze).

Related terms

• brending

Anagrams

• Bern, NBER, Nebr.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• breh

Etymology

Related to bredh (“fir”).

Noun

bren m

1. silver fir (Abies alba)

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *brigant?nos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??-.

Noun

bren m (plural brens)

1. leader, master, chieftain

Etymology 2

From Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”)

Noun

bren m (plural brens)

1. bran

Kriol

Etymology

From English friend.

Noun

bren

1. friend

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bran, branne

Etymology

From Old French bren, from Gaulish *brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bran/, /bra?n/

Noun

bren

1. bran
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Reeve's Tale: 197-9

     The moore queynte crekes that they make,

     The moore wol I stele whan I take.

     In stide of flour yet wol I yeve hem bren.

Descendants

• English: bran

References

• “br??n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• bran, brent, brin

Etymology

Celtic loanword, from Gaulish *brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”).

Noun

bren m (nominative singular brens)

1. bran

Descendants

• ? French: berner
• ? Middle English: bren, bran, branne
  • English: bran

References

• “bren”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

Welsh

Noun

bren

1. Soft mutation of pren.

Mutation