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Brest
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brest
English
Pronunciation
en /bɹɛst/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Brest.wav Southern England
en ɛst 1
en breast
Etymology 1
From en br Brest (via en fr -), from en cel-pro *brixs hill, compare gd bre.
Proper noun
en port city in the department of d/Finistère and the region of r/Brittany c/France.
Translations
a city in Brittany, France
Arabic: ar بْرِيسْت m, ar بْرِيسْت m brest
Armenian: hy Բրեստ
Belarusian: be Брэст m
Breton: br Brest
Bulgarian: bg Брест m
Catalan: ca Brest m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 布雷斯特 Bùléisītè
Danish: da Brest
Dutch: nl Brest n
Finnish: fi Brest
French: fr Brest m
Georgian: ka ბრესტი
Greek: el Βρέστη f, el Μπρεστ n
Japanese: ja ブレスト Buresuto
Korean: ko 브레스트 beureseuteu
Latin: la Brestia f, la Brestum n
Lithuanian: lt Brestas m
Marathi: mr ब्रेस्त n
Occitan: oc Brèst
Polish: pl Brest m
Portuguese: pt Brest f
Russian: ru Брест m
Spanish: es Brest
Turkish: tr Brest
Ukrainian: uk Брест m
Welsh: cy Brest
Etymology 2
Borrowed from en ru Брест.
Proper noun
en city c/Belarus, on the border with Poland.
en Brest-Litovsk Brest-on-the-Bug
Translations
a city in Belarus
Arabic: ar بْرِيسْت f, ar بْرِيسْت f brest
Armenian: hy Բրեստ
Azerbaijani: az Brest
Belarusian: be Брэст m, be Бе́расце n, be Бе́расьце n Taraškievica
Latin: be Bieraście m łacinka
Breton: br Brest
Bulgarian: bg Брест m
Catalan: ca Brest m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 布列斯特 Bùlièsītè
Czech: cs Brest m
Danish: da Brest
Dutch: nl Brest n
Estonian: et Brest
Finnish: fi Brest
French: fr Brest m
Georgian: ka ბრესტი
Greek: el Μπρεστ n
Hebrew: he ברסט f brest
Italian: it Brėst
Japanese: ja ブレスト Buresuto
Kazakh: kk Брест
Korean: ko ^브레스트
Kyrgyz: ky Брест
Latin: la Brestia f, la Brestum n
Latvian: lv Bresta
Lithuanian: lt Brestas m, lt Brasta f
Macedonian: mk Брест m
Marathi: mr ब्रेस्ट
Occitan: oc Brest, oc Brèst
Polish: pl Brześć m
Portuguese: pt Brest f
Russian: ru Брест m, ru Бе́рестье n archaic
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Брест m
Latin: sh Brest m
Slovak: sk Brest m
Slovene: sl Brest m
Spanish: es Brest
Tajik: tg Брест
Turkish: tr Brest
Ukrainian: uk Брест m, uk Бере́стя n, uk Бе́ресть n
Uzbek: uz Brest
Anagrams
en berst Streb
Breton
Pronunciation
br /bʀe(ː)st/
Etymology 1
From earlier und Bresta, from br cel-pro *brixs hill, from br ine-pro *bʰerǵʰ-. Cognate with gd bre hill.
br Is "Bresta" Latin? Gaulish? Does it come to French via Breton or Gaulish?
Proper noun
br Q12193br port city d/Finistère r/Brittany c/France Brest.
Derived terms
br brestad
br brestat
br Pariz-Brest
Etymology 2
Borrowed from br ru Брест.
Proper noun
br Q140147br city c/Belarus Brest.
br Brest-Litovsk Brest ar Bug
French
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Brest.ogg
Etymology 1
From earlier und Bresta, from fr cel-pro *brixs hill, from fr ine-pro *bʰerǵʰ-. Cognate with gd bre hill.
fr Is "Bresta" Latin? Gaulish? Does it come to French via Breton or Gaulish?
Proper noun
m
fr Q12193fr port city d/Finistère r/Brittany c/France Brest.
Derived terms
fr Brestois, fr Brestoise
fr brestois
fr tonnerre de Brest
fr Paris-Brest
References
Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from fr ru Брест.
Proper noun
m
fr Q140147fr city c/Belarus Brest, on the border with Poland.
fr historical Brest-Litovsk historical Brest-sur-le-Boug
Portuguese
Etymology 1
pt :ubor fr:Brest + 1
Proper noun
f
pt city r/Brittany c/France Brest
Etymology 2
pt :bor be:Брэст + 1
Proper noun
f
pt city c/Belarus Brest
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es city r/Brittany Brest
es city c/Belarus Brest