"bre" meaning in Romanian

See bre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /bre/
Rhymes: -e 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|ota|بره|tr=bre}} Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بره (bre), {{der|ro|gkm|βρέ}} Byzantine Greek βρέ (bré), {{m+|el|μωρέ}} Greek μωρέ (moré), {{der|ro|grc|μωρός||stupid}} Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “stupid”) Head templates: {{head|ro|interjections}} bre
  1. hey, dude
    Sense id: en-bre-ro-intj-TKv6Gj1-
  2. wow
    Sense id: en-bre-ro-intj-ttyTMxG8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Romanian entries with incorrect language header: 0 0

Alternative forms

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