# brek
## English
### Etymology 1

Shortening.

#### Noun

brek (countable and uncountable, plural breks)
* (informal) breakfast

#### See also

* brekkie

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

brek
* Pronunciation spelling of break.
** 1897, William O. Stoddard, Crowded Out o' Crofield‎:"They were goin' to brek into me house, indade," said Mrs. McNamara.
** 1900, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories‎:At a very early age his shrill voice could be heard calling in admonitory tones, caught from his mother's very lips, "You 'Nelius, don' you let me ketch you th'owin' at ol' mis' guinea-hens no mo'; you hyeah me?" or "Hi'am, you come offen de top er dat shed 'fo' you fall an' brek yo' naik all to pieces."
** 1715, S.R. Crockett, Bog-Myrtle and Peat‎:If that's Gavin Stevenson, the muckle nowt, I declare I'll brek his ramshackle blunderbuss owre his thick heid."

### Anagrams

* Berk, berk, kerb

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* brekot

### Etymology

Deverbal from brečet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbrɛk]
* Hyphenation: brek

### Noun

brek m inan
* crying
    Synonyms: pláč, brekot, bek
    dát se do breku ― to start crying

#### Related terms

* brečet

### Further reading

* “brek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “brek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “brek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Faroese
### Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, plural brek)
* defect
* disability
* infirmity
* hindrance
* (computing) bug

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, nominative plural brek)
* (uncountable) trickery
* (countable) practical joke

#### Declension
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /breːk/

### Noun

brek n (definite singular breket, indefinite plural brek, definite plural breka)
* a bleat

### Verb

brek
* imperative of breka

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English break.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɛk/
* Rhymes: -ɛk
* Syllabification: brek

### Noun

brek m inan
* break (large four-wheeled carriage)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* brek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* brek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *berkъ.

#### Noun

brek m inan
* wild service tree, chequer tree (Sorbus torminalis)
    Synonyms: breka, brekovec

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian bracco.

#### Noun

brek m anim
* hunting dog

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English break.

#### Noun

brẹ̑k m inan
* break (four-wheeled carriage)

### Further reading

* “brek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## West Frisian
### Etymology

See the verb brekke

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɛk/

### Noun

brek c (plural brekken, diminutive brekje)
* break, fracture
* fraction

#### Further reading

* “brek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

## Yola
### Verb

brek
* Alternative form of brocke
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 10, page 88:T' brek up ee bathès h' had na poustee;To break up the goal they had not power;

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 88