brie

Borrowed from French brie, of ultimate Gaulish origin. 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.

• 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]

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

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

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

brie (verbal noun briaght)

1. ask (for information)

• fenee

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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)

From French brie.

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

brie m (plural bries)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

• “brie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014