# bre
## Translingual
### Symbol

bre
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Breton.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Breton terms

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Greek βρε (vre), from Greek μωρέ (moré, “stupid”, vocative). Doublet of more.

### Interjection

bre
* A friendly exclamation to a person.
    Folni bre, burra!Speak, therefore, men!
* An exclamation of surprise.
    Bre! Po ç'është kjo?Man! What is this?

#### Related terms

* brez
* pra

## Middle English
### Noun

bre
* Alternative form of brewe

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

#### Noun

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

##### Synonyms

* isbre

##### Derived terms

* breerosjon

### 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)
* (also reflexive) to spread

##### Alternative forms

* breie (Nynorsk also)

##### Derived terms

* utbre

### References

* “bre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “bre_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “bre_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* brede

### Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Compare to Icelandic breði and Icelandic breðafönn

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /breː/

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

* isbre
* fonn (a smaller one)

#### Derived terms

* breerosjon

### References

* “bre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”) (modern Greek μωρέ (moré)), a frozen vocative of Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “stupid”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bre/
* Rhymes: -e

### Interjection

bre
* hey, dude
* wow

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish brí (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *brixs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰŕ̥ǵʰs. Distantly cognate with English borough.

### Noun

bre m
* (obsolete) hill
* (obsolete) headland

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek μπρέ (mpré), from Greek μωρέ (moré). Doublet of mȏre.

### Interjection

bre (Cyrillic spelling бре)
* (Serbia, colloquial) used to insist on or emphasize something being said or commanded, often also stressing the speaker’s perception of evidentness of the thing insisted on: bro, man, I say, I’m telling you, can’t you see
* (Serbia, colloquial) used to insist on an answer to or emphasize a question: on earth, the hell
    Šta si bre to uradio!? ― What the hell did you just do!?
* (Serbia, colloquial) used to intensify a preceding interjection

#### Usage notes

When marking a statement or question as insistent, bre is ordinarily found either immediately after the verb or at the end of the sentence. However, if an interjection or vocative is present, it can instead appear next to it, following an interjection and following or preceding a vocative. In wh-questions bre can also follow the interrogative pronoun.
Bre is also used in sentences in a similar way to "bro" in English.

#### Related terms

* bwe

#### Descendants

* → German: Bre
* → Swedish: bre

### References

* Jasmina Milićević (2012) “Šta ustvari znači to bre? ‘What does this bre mean, actually?’ Defining Serbian interjection bre ≈ ‘I’m telling / asking you!’”
* Mirjana Mišković-Luković, Mirjana N. Dedaić, and Vladimir Polomac (2015) “The meaning and interpretation of the Serbian discourse marker BRE” in Journal of Pragmatics, vol. 87, pages 18–30

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /breː/
* Rhymes: -eː

### Etymology 1

From breda.

#### Verb

bre (present brer, preterite bredde, supine brett, imperative bre)
* (sometimes colloquial) Apocopic form of breda (“to spread”)

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bre. Compare German Bre.

#### Interjection

bre
* (slang) bro (as a term of address)
    Sho bre!Sup bro!
* (slang) Emphasizes a statement or question.
    Det här spelet är fett svårt breThis game is super difficult, I'm telling you

##### Derived terms

* shobresvenska

### References

* bre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Slangopedia

### Anagrams

* ber

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), from Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré) (compare modern Greek βρε (vre) and ρε (re), Serbo-Croatian bre, Albanian bre), probably shortened from μωρέ (mōré, “man!”, literally “fool!”) (modern Greek μωρέ (moré)), a frozen vocative of Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “stupid”).

### Interjection

bre
* hey
* yo (slang)

#### Synonyms

* ey
* hey

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: պռե (pṙe)
* → Ladino: bre
* → Romanian: bre

## Welsh
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *breɣ, from Proto-Celtic *brigā and Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /breː/
* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

bre m or f (plural breon or breoedd)
* hill, brae
    Synonyms: bryn, bryncyn

### Adjective

bre (feminine singular bre, plural bre, not comparable)
* high, elevated
    Synonym: uchel

### Adverb

bre
* upward
    Synonyms: i fyny, lan

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bre”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bre”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies