brie
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Etymology
Borrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.
Pronunciation
Noun
brie (countable and uncountable, plural bries)
- An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
Translations
mild French cheese
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See also
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
brie m (uncountable)
- brie (variety of French cheese)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
brie
Usage notes
As the plural forms are somewhat awkward to use it may be advisable to replace the word in plural with a synonym such as: briejuusto (“brie as mass noun”), briepala (“piece of brie”), brieannos (“serving of brie”).
Declension
| Inflection of brie (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | brie | briet | |
| genitive | brien | brieiden brieitten | |
| partitive | brietä | brieitä | |
| illative | briehin | brieihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | brie | briet | |
| accusative | nom. | brie | briet |
| gen. | brien | ||
| genitive | brien | brieiden brieitten | |
| partitive | brietä | brieitä | |
| inessive | briessä | brieissä | |
| elative | briestä | brieistä | |
| illative | briehin | brieihin | |
| adessive | briellä | brieillä | |
| ablative | brieltä | brieiltä | |
| allative | brielle | brieille | |
| essive | brienä | brieinä | |
| translative | brieksi | brieiksi | |
| abessive | briettä | brieittä | |
| instructive | — | briein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “brie”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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