# barret
## English
### Etymology

From French barrette, Late Latin barretum (“a cap”), from birrus (“hooded cape”). See berretta, and compare biretta.

### Noun

barret (plural barrets)
* (historical) A kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.
** 1832, Walter Scott, Count Robert of Paris, page 206:His head was surmounted with a barret cap, while his hands, limbs, and feet were covered with garments of chamois leather, over which he in general wore the ponderoous and complete armour of his country.
** 1845, Roger de Flor (fict.name.), The fortunes of Roger de Flor: or, The Almugavars, page 27:For arms they wore upon the head a barret cap of steel net-work, instead of a casque; and their weapons were a sword and pike, a little shorter than what is this day used by the companies of arquebusiers; in addition to which many of them carried three or four darts for casting with the hand.
** 1848 August 12, Edwin F. Roberts, “Sir Bevis of Lea”, in Reynolds's Miscellany, volume 1, number 5, page 77:The large cross-handled sword of the warrior was leaning against the side, and on the ground lay his shield, axe, and portions of his armour' and there was a crucifix and beads, —while on a tall spear was flung a barret-cap, and the golden spurs and chains were suspended overhead.
** 1857, Cassell's Illustrated History of England:, page 370:Philip was dressed simply in black velvet, having a barret-cap of the same, with small chains of gold.
* (historical) A floppy beret-like cap worn by musketeers.
** 1878, Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, page 1:the maxillary muscles enormously developed, an infallible sign by which a Gascon may always be detected, even without his barret-cap — and our young man wore a barret-cap, set off with a sort of feather; the eye open and intelligent; the nose hooked, but finely chiselled.
** 1972, David Nash, The Prussian Army, 1808-1815, page 85:The Volunteer Jäger Detachments wore the Musketeer's uniform, often with a 'Barret' . This beret was a large floppy field cap, coloured black.
* The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics; a biretta.
** 1889, John McClintock, James Strong, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, page 613:The priestly leader wears the chasuble and stole, and often the pluvial besides; his head is covered with a barret.
** 1910, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 980:The "cap of maintenance" or "cap of estate," still borne before the British sovereign on state occasions, is a barret-cap of the type of the 14th and 15th centuries; it is of crimson velvet, turned up with ermine.

### Anagrams

* Barter, Traber, barter

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan barret, ultimately from Late Latin birrus. Compare French béret (“Basque cap”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bəˈrɛt]
* IPA: (Balearic) [bəˈrət]
* IPA: (Valencia) [baˈret]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

barret m (plural barrets)
* hat
    Synonym: capell

#### Derived terms

* barreta
* barreter
* barretera
* barretet
* barretina

### Further reading

* “barret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “barret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “barret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Swedish
### Noun

barret
* definite singular of barr