bree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹiː/
• Homophone: Brie
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From Middle English brewe, bre, bregh, from Old English brēġ (“eyelid”) (Anglian dialect). Compare West Saxon brǣw, brēaw, brēaġ (“eyelid”), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō. Cognate with Dutch (wenk)brauw, German Braue. Compare brae from the same source. Apparently related to brow.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bre, breie (“broth; gravy”), apparently from Old English brīw, brīġ (“pottage; porridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *brīw (“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 *brōaną, whence modern German brühen, Dutch broeien, Middle Low German brȫjen. 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 *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, toss, cook, brew”), whence also English broth and brew.

Anagrams

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

Verb

bree

1. inflection of brear:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology

From Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”), from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“strength”) (compare Welsh bri (“fame, distinction”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrih₂-g-, a suffixed extended form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”) (compare Latin gravis, Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús), and Sanskrit गुरु (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

Verb

bree (verbal noun breeaghey, past participle breeaghit)

1. to power, energize, invigorate

Mutation

Noun

bree

1. Alternative form of brewe

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English brēowan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/

Noun

bree (plural brees)

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

Verb

bree

1. inflection of brear:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative