biret

Borrowed from Old Czech biret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish *birros (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”).

biret

1. kind of cap (headwear)

• Polish: biret

• K. Nitsch, editor (1953), “biret”, in Słownik staropolski (in Old Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 93

Inherited from Old Polish biret, from Old Czech biret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish *birros (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.rɛt/

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• Rhymes: -irɛt
• Syllabification: bi‧ret

biret m inan

1. square hat
   1. mortarboard

      profesorski biret ― professor's mortarboard

      biret doktorski ― doctor's mortarboard

      biret sędziowski ― judge's mortarboard

      akademickie birety ― academic mortarboards

      gimnazjalne birety ― middle school mortarboards

      studenckie birety ― students' mortarboards

      uczniowskie birety ― pupils' mortarboards

      biret doktora honoris causa ― doktor honoris causa's/onorary doctorate's/honorary doctor's mortarboards

      absolwenci w biretach ― graduates in mortarboards

      młodzież w biretach ― youth in mortarboards

   2. (Roman Catholicism) biretta

      księży biret ― priest's biretta

      biret kapłański ― priest's biretta

      królewski biret ― royal biretta

      biret kardynalski ― cardinal's biretta

      biret księdza ― priest's biretta

      biret z pomponem ― biretta with a pompom

      pompon biretu ― biretta's pompom

      kapłan/ksiądz w birecie ― priest in a biretta

• biret in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• biret in Polish dictionaries at PWN