bre

See also: BrE and BRE

Albanian

Etymology

Probably a short form of Proto-Indo-European *bʰrā́ter (brother). Compare Illyrian *bra, Old Church Slavonic bratъ (bratŭ), Old Prussian brāti, Old Norse bróðir, Old Irish bráthair, Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ) and Kurdish bra, all meaning “brother”.

Interjection

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?

Middle English

Noun

bre

  1. Alternative form of brewe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

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

  1. a glacier
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse breiða

Verb

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /breː/

Noun

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

  1. a glacier

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Romanian

Etymology

From Turkish bre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bre/
  • Rhymes: -e

Interjection

bre

  1. hey
  2. wow

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bre m

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μωρέ (moré).

Interjection

bre (Cyrillic spelling бре)

  1. (intensifier, Serbia) used to express passion about the point of a sentence, at any part of a sentence
  2. (intensifier, Serbia) similar to English fuck or hell, but not vulgar, e.g.:
    Šta si bre to uradio!?What the fuck did you do!?
  3. (Serbia, regional) hey
  4. (Serbia, slang) yo

Turkish

Interjection

bre

  1. hey
  2. yo (slang)

Synonyms

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