brème
French
noun
Definitions
- bream (fish of the genus Abramis)
- (Louisiana French) eggplant, aubergine
Etymology
Inherited from Old French braisme derived from Frankish *brahsima derived from Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ, *brehwanaz (shining, sparkly, glittery) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰerek-
Gloss
shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abraid English
- braid English
- braidable English
- braider English
- braideth English
- braiding English
- braidlike English
- braidwork English
- bream English
- breamlike English
- bridle English
- embraid English
- microbraid English
- rebraid English
- umbraid English
- unbraid English
- upbraid English
- breme Italian
- brasem Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰerek- Proto-Indo-European
- brema Portuguese
- *brahsmǭ Proto-Germanic
- *brehwanaz Proto-Germanic
- braiden Middle English
- breme Middle English
- braisme Old French
- bresme Old French
- brasem Middle Dutch
- brême Norman
- *brahsmō gmw-pro
- *brahsima Frankish