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bre (imperativebre,present tensebrer,passivebres,simple pastbreddeorbredte,past participlebreddorbredt,present participlebreende)

(also reflexive) tospread

Alternative forms

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breie(Nynorsk also)

Derived terms

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utbre

References

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“bre” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
“bre_2” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“bre_3” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:

Isbre

Wikipediaⁿⁿ

Alternative forms

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brede

Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Compare toIcelandicbreði andIcelandicbreðafönn

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /breː/

Noun

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bre m (definite singularbreen,indefinite pluralbrear,definite pluralbreane)

aglacier

Synonyms

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isbre
fonn (a smaller one)

Derived terms

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breerosjon

References

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“bre” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromOttoman Turkishبره(bre), fromByzantine Greekβρέ(bré), probably shortened fromμωρέ(mōré,“man!”, literally“fool!”) (modern Greekμωρέ(moré)), a frozen vocative ofAncient Greekμωρός(mōrós,“stupid”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /bre/
Rhymes:-e

Interjection

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bre

hey,dude
wow

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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FromOld Irishbrí(“hill”), fromProto-Celtic*brixs, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰŕ̥ǵʰs. Distantly cognate withEnglishborough.

Noun

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bre m

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromOttoman Turkishبره(bre), fromByzantine Greekμπρέ(mpré), fromGreekμωρέ(moré).Doublet ofmȏre.

Interjection

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bre (Cyrillic spellingбре)

(Serbia, colloquial)used to insist on or emphasize something being said or commanded, often also stressing the speaker’s perception of evidentness of the thing insisted on:bro,man,I say, I’mtelling you, can’t yousee
(Serbia, colloquial)used to insist on an answer to or emphasize a question:on earth,the hell
Šta sibre to uradio!? ―Whatthe hell did you just do!?
(Serbia, colloquial)used to intensify a preceding interjection

Usage notes

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When marking a statement or question as insistent,bre is ordinarily found either immediately after the verb or at the end of the sentence. However, if an interjection or vocative is present, it can instead appear next to it, following an interjection and following or preceding a vocative. Inwh-questionsbre can also follow the interrogative pronoun.

Bre is also used in sentences in a similar way to "bro" in English.

Related terms

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Descendants

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→ German:Bre
→ Pannonian Rusyn:бре(bre)
→ Swedish:bre

References

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Jasmina Milićević (2012) “Šta ustvari znači to bre? ‘What does thisbre mean, actually?’ Defining Serbian interjection bre ≈ ‘I’m telling / asking you!’”
Mirjana Mišković-Luković, Mirjana N. Dedaić, and Vladimir Polomac (2015) “The meaning and interpretation of the Serbian discourse markerBRE” inJournal of Pragmatics, vol. 87, pages 18–30

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /breː/
Rhymes:-eː

Etymology 1

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Frombreda.

Verb

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bre (presentbrer,preteritebredde,supinebrett,imperativebre)

(sometimes colloquial)apocopic form ofbreda(“to spread”)

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofbre (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	bre		bres
supine	brett		bretts
imperative	bre		—
imper. plural¹	bren		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	brer	bredde	bres	breddes
ind. plural¹	bre	bredde	bres	breddes
subjunctive²	bre	bredde	bres	breddes

present participle		breende
past participle		bredd

¹ Archaic.² Dated. Seethe appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromSerbo-Croatianbre. Compare GermanBre.

Interjection

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bre

(slang)bro (as a term of address)
Shobre!
Supbro!
(slang)Emphasizes a statement or question.
Det här spelet är fett svårtbre
This game is super difficult,I'm telling you