brisa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾi.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾi.za]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

brisa f (plural brises)

1. breeze
2. pomace (the pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed)

Derived terms

• parabrisa

Further reading

• “brisa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “brisa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “brisa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “brisa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

brisa

1. third-person singular past historic of briser

Anagrams

• abris

Galician

Etymology

Unknown; compare English breeze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɾisɐ]

Noun

brisa f (plural brisas)

1. breeze

   Synonyms: airiño, maraxe

Derived terms

• brisote (“gusty wind”)
• parabrisas (“windshield”)
• limpaparabrisas (“windshield weeper”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brisa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “brisa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “brisa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “brisa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.za/
• Rhymes: -iza
• Hyphenation: brì‧sa

Etymology 1

An alteration of bricia (“crumb”).

Noun

brisa f (plural brise)

1. (regional) synonym of briciola (“crumb”)

Adverb

brisa

1. (regional) at all, nothing, anything

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

brisa f (plural brise)

1. (mycology) penny bun, porcino or cep (Boletus edulis)

   Synonym: porcino

   • 2013 March 11, Lorenza Russo, Camminare nei boschi: Il bosco italiano: folclore, natura, tradizioni e itinerari‎, HOEPLI EDITORE, →ISBN:

     Porcino, brisa (Boletus edulis)
     Per molti, è "il fungo" per eccellenza e insieme agli ovuli e ai finferli è tra le poche specie generalmente commercializzate.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• brisa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• brisa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• brasi