brise

See also: Brise and brisé

English

Noun

brise (plural brises)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
    • 1616: Richard Surflet [tr.] and Gervase Markham [aug.], Estienne and Liébault’s Maison Rustique, or The Countrie Farme, page 92
      Afterward let him draw a Brise or two made fast in the yoke.

References

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German brise (“breeze”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /briːsə/, [ˈb̥ʁiːsə]

Noun

brise c (singular definite brisen, plural indefinite briser)

  1. breeze

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁiz/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

brise f (plural brises)

  1. breeze

Verb

brise

  1. first-person singular present indicative of briser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of briser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of briser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of briser
  5. second-person singular imperative of briser

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲɾʲɪʃə/

Verb

brise

  1. present subjunctive analytic of bris

Noun

brise f

  1. genitive singular of bris

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brise bhrise mbrise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Norman

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Noun

brise f (plural brises)

  1. (Jersey, weather) breeze
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