See Brett on Wiktionary
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"pl": "Bretter"
},
"expansion": "Brett n (plural Bretter, diminutive Brettche)",
"name": "hrx-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"lang_code": "hrx",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header",
"Hunsrik lemmas",
"Hunsrik neuter nouns",
"Hunsrik nouns",
"Hunsrik terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "A floorboard is loose.",
"text": "En Brett fum Boddem is los.",
"translation": "A floorboard is loose.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"board"
],
"links": [
[
"board",
"board"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
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}
],
"word": "Brett"
}
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"Old English lemmas",
"Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
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"Old English terms borrowed from Latin",
"Old English terms derived from Latin",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
"Pennsylvania German lemmas",
"Pennsylvania German neuter nouns",
"Pennsylvania German nouns",
"ang:Demonyms"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Brettas"
},
{
"word": "Brettisċ"
},
{
"word": "brettwīelisċ"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "la",
"3": "Brittō"
},
"expansion": "Latin Brittō",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From a British form of Latin Brittō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Brett",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Brettas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Brett",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Brettas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Brettes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Bretta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Brette",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Brettum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Bret",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "Brett m",
"name": "ang-proper noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "Brett"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Brett",
"2": "Brettas",
"3": "Brett",
"4": "Brettas",
"5": "Brettes",
"6": "Bretta",
"7": "Brette",
"8": "Brettum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"word": "Breten"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations",
"ang:Demonyms"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "There was not even one Briton left.",
"roman": "Ne wearþ þǣr furðum ān Brett tō lāfe.",
"text": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 491",
"translation": "There was not even one Briton left.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Briton (native or inhabitant of Britain)"
],
"links": [
[
"Briton",
"Briton#English"
],
[
"native",
"native"
],
[
"inhabitant",
"inhabitant"
],
[
"Britain",
"Britain#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"ang:Demonyms"
],
"glosses": [
"Breton (native or inhabitant of Brittany)"
],
"links": [
[
"Breton",
"Breton#English"
],
[
"native",
"native"
],
[
"inhabitant",
"inhabitant"
],
[
"Brittany",
"Brittany#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/brett/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bret]"
}
],
"word": "Brett"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
"Pennsylvania German lemmas",
"Pennsylvania German neuter nouns",
"Pennsylvania German nouns"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Brett"
},
"expansion": "German Brett",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "berd"
},
"expansion": "Dutch berd",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "bred"
},
"expansion": "Old English bred",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare German Brett, Dutch berd, Old English bred.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Bredder",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "Bredder",
"g": "n"
},
"expansion": "Brett n (plural Bredder)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"lang_code": "pdc",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"bracket"
],
"links": [
[
"bracket",
"bracket"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"board"
],
"links": [
[
"board",
"board"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Bord"
}
],
"word": "Brett"
}
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