brie

Borrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.

• IPA^(key): /bɹiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: bree

brie (countable and uncountable, plural bries)

1. An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
   • 1996, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Don't Marry Her”, in Blue Is the Colour, performed by The Beautiful South:

     And your socks smell of angels / But your life smells of brie

• camembert

• bier, rebi

Borrowed from French brie.

• IPA^(key): /bri/

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• Hyphenation: brie
• Rhymes: -i

brie m (uncountable)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

Borrowed from French brie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbriː/, [ˈbriː]
• Rhymes: -iː

brie

1. brie

As the plural forms are somewhat awkward to use it may be advisable to replace the word in plural with a synonym such as: briejuusto (“brie as mass noun”), briepala (“piece of brie”), brieannos (“serving of brie”).

• briejuusto

• “brie”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Named after Brie, France, from Gaulish *briga (“hill”).^[1] Doublet of Bourgogne.

• IPA^(key): /bʁi/

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brie m (plural bries)

1. brie

• → English: brie
• → Esperanto: brio
• → Persian: بری (beri)

• “brie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Middle Irish braithid (“spy, disclose; perceive”), cognate with Irish braith and Scottish Gaelic brath. Doublet of brah from *brath.

• IPA^(key): /brai/^[1]

brie (verbal noun briaght, past participle briet)

1. to ask, inquire (for information)

   Synonym: fenee

   Ren ee briaght jeh cre'n aght va y voir echey.

   She asked him how his mother was.

2. to ask for, enquire after, seek [with son ‘after, for’]

   Nee'm briaght er e hon traa higgys eh back.

   I will look for him when he comes back.

   • 1775, “Laments 1:11”, in Yn Vible Casherick [The Holy Bible]‎^[2], published 1819:

     Ta ooilley yn pobble er osnaghey, t'ad briaght son arran.

     All her people sigh, they seek bread.

   • 1775, “Acts 10:11”, in Yn Vible Casherick [The Holy Bible]‎^[3], published 1819:

     Cur-my-ner va ny chaghteryn haink veih Cornelius er vriaght son thie Simon, as v’ad nyn shassoo ec y ghiat.

     Behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate.

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

brie f (plural bries)

1. (Jersey) sweetbread

From French brie.

brie m (plural bries)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

Borrowed from French brie.

• IPA^(key): /bri/

brie n (uncountable)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

Unadapted borrowing from French brie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi/ [ˈbɾi]
• Rhymes: -i

brie m (plural bries)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “brie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024