"bre" meaning in Cornish

See bre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: breow [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Cornish bre, from Proto-Brythonic *breɣ, from Proto-Celtic *brigā and Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”). Cognate with Welsh bre. Etymology templates: {{root|kw|ine-pro|*bʰerǵʰ-}}, {{inh|kw|cnx|bre}} Middle Cornish bre, {{inh|kw|cel-bry-pro|*breɣ}} Proto-Brythonic *breɣ, {{inh|kw|cel-pro|*brigā}} Proto-Celtic *brigā, {{inh|kw|ine-pro|*bʰérǵʰos|t=hill}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”), {{cog|cy|bre}} Welsh bre Head templates: {{head|kw|noun||||||{{{d2}}}|plural|breow|||||cat2=|f4g=|f5g=|f6g=|g=f|head=}} bre f (plural breow), {{kw-noun|f|r}} bre f (plural breow)
  1. hill Tags: feminine Synonyms: bronn, mena, menydh
    Sense id: en-bre-kw-noun-93~Lsh3e Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Landforms, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 0 1 22 12 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 3 2 24 0 0 1 3 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 20 12 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 5 4 22 0 0 1 7 0
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      "expansion": "Middle Cornish bre",
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      },
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "f5g": "",
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        "hill"
      ],
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          "word": "bronn"
        },
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        },
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        }
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      "expansion": "Middle Cornish bre",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *brigā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰérǵʰos",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "bre"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bre"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bre meaning in Cornish (2.2kB)

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