brea

Borrowed from Spanish brea.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾe.a]

brea f (plural brees)

1. pitch, tar

• embrear

• “brea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

brea

1. inflection of brear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• bria

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

brea

1. (transitive) to buy

brea

1. Obsolete form of bre.

• brea in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾea/ [ˈbɾe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: bre‧a

Deverbal from brear.

brea f (plural breas)

1. tar, pitch

   Synonym: pez

2. tarpaulin

   Synonym: lona

brea

1. inflection of brear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “brea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• abre

Inherited from Old Frisian brād, from Proto-West Germanic *braud.

• IPA^(key): /brɪə̯/

brea n (plural breaen, diminutive breake)

1. bread

   Synonym: bôle

   Jou ús hjoed ús deistich brea

   Give us this day our daily bread

   Bûter, brea, en griene tsiis; wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries.

   Butter, bread, and green cheese; whoever can't say this is no genuine Frisian.

   — Shibboleth possibly from Frisian-Hollandic war. See Wikipedia: Shibboleths used in war and persecution - Frisian–Dutch

• “brea”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011