béret

See also: beret

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byrr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /be.ʁɛ/
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Noun

béret m (plural bérets)

beret

Derived terms

béret vert

Descendants

→ English: beret
→ Greek: μπερές (berés)
→ Polish: beret
→ Romanian: beretă, beret
→ Russian: бере́т (berét)
- → Kazakh: берет (beret)
→ Turkish: bere

Further reading

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

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