bres

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɾɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbɾəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾes]

From Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French berceau.

bres m (plural bressos)

1. (Northwestern Catalan, Northern Valencia, Balearic) cradle
2. (Northwestern Catalan) a big cradle-shaped basket

• bressol, bressar

• “bres” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bres”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bres” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bres” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

bres

1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of bressar

Borrowed from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, bresche (“a breach, an opening, crack”), from Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekō (“a breaking, breach, fallow ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack”).

Cognate with Old High German brecha (“a break”). More at break.

• IPA^(key): /brɛs/

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• Hyphenation: bres
• Rhymes: -ɛs

bres f (plural bressen, diminutive bresje n)

1. breach, gap, opening

• voor iemand in de bres springen

bres

1. Alternative form of bras

bres

1. passive form of bre

bres

1. Soft mutation of pres.