Briet

See also: briet

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German brët, from Old High German bret, from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą. Cognate with German Brett, Dutch berd. The regular singular would be *Brett also in Luxembourgish; the form Briet was generalized from the former dative by analogy with the plural.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʀiə̯t]
  • Rhymes: -iət

Noun

Briet n (plural Brieder, diminutive Brietchen)

  1. plank, board
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