brise

See also: Brise, brisé, and břiše

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

brise (plural brises)

1. (obsolete, rare) A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
   • 1616: Richard Surflet [tr.] and Gervase Markham [aug.], Estienne and Liébault’s Maison Rustique, or The Countrie Farme, page 92

     Afterward let him draw a Brise or two made fast in the yoke.

See also

• brise-bise
• brise soleil

References

• “†brise” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

• Biser, biers, birse

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German brise (“breeze”), of uncertain origin (see brise below).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briːsə/, [ˈb̥ʁiːsə]
• Rhymes: -iːsə

Noun

brise c (singular definite brisen, plural indefinite briser)

1. breeze

Inflection

Declension of brise

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brise	brisen	briser	briserne
genitive	brises	brisens	brisers	brisernes