Brest

See also: brest

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹɛst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Homophone: breast

Etymology 1

From Breton Brest (via French), from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), compare Scottish Gaelic bre.

Proper noun

Brest

1. A port city in Brittany, France.

Translations

a city in Brittany

• Arabic: بْرِيسْت m (brīst), بْرِيسْت m (brest)
• Belarusian: Брэст (be) m (Brest)
• Breton: Brest (br), Vrest
• Bulgarian: Брест m (Brest)
• Catalan: Brest
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布雷斯特 (zh) (Bùléisītè)

• Danish: Brest
• Finnish: Brest (fi)
• French: Brest (fr) m
• Greek: Βρέστη (el) f (Vrésti)
• Japanese: ブレスト (ja) (Buresuto)
• Korean: 브레스트 (beureseuteu)
• Lithuanian: Brestas m
• Marathi: ब्रेस्त n (bresta)
• Occitan: Brèst
• Polish: Brest (pl) m
• Portuguese: Brest f
• Russian: Брест (ru) m (Brest)
• Spanish: Brest (es)
• Turkish: Brest
• Ukrainian: Брест m (Brest)
• Welsh: Brest

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Брест (Brest).

Proper noun

Brest

1. A city in Belarus, on the border with Poland.

   Synonyms: Brest-Litovsk, Brest-on-the-Bug

Translations

a city in Belarus

• Arabic: بْرِيسْت f (brīst), بْرِيسْت f (brest)
• Armenian: Բրեստ (hy) (Brest)
• Azerbaijani: Brest (az)
• Belarusian: Брэст (be) m (Brest), Бе́расце n (Bjérascje), Бе́расьце n (Bjérasʹcje) (Taraškievica)

  Latin: Bieraście m (łacinka)

• Breton: Brest (br)
• Bulgarian: Брест m (Brest)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布列斯特 (zh) (Bùlièsītè)

• Czech: Brest m
• Danish: Brest
• Estonian: Brest (et)
• Finnish: Brest (fi)
• French: Brest (fr) m
• Georgian: ბრესტი (bresṭi)
• Greek: Μπρεστ (el) n (Brest)
• Hebrew: ברסט f (brest)
• Italian: Brėst
• Japanese: ブレスト (ja) (Buresuto)
• Kazakh: Брест (Brest)
• Korean: 브레스트 (Beureseuteu)
• Kyrgyz: Брест (Brest)
• Latvian: Bresta
• Lithuanian: Brestas m, Brasta f
• Macedonian: Брест m (Brest)
• Marathi: ब्रेस्ट (bresṭa)
• Polish: Brześć (pl) m
• Portuguese: Brest f
• Russian: Брест (ru) m (Brest), Бе́рестье n (Bérestʹje) (archaic)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Брест m

  Latin: Brest m

• Slovak: Brest m
• Slovene: Brest (sl) m
• Spanish: Brest (es)
• Tajik: Брест (Brest)
• Turkish: Brest
• Ukrainian: Брест m (Brest), Бере́стя (uk) n (Beréstja), Бе́ресть n (Bérestʹ)
• Uzbek: Brest

Anagrams

• Streb

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛst/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From earlier Bresta, from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bre (“hill”).

Proper noun

Brest m

2. Brest (a port city in Finistère department, Brittany, France).

Derived terms

• Brestois, Brestoise
• brestois
• tonnerre de Brest
• Paris-Brest

References

• Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian Брест (Brest).

Proper noun

Brest m

2. Brest (a city in Belarus), on the border with Poland.

   Synonyms: (historical) Brest-Litovsk, (historical) Brest-sur-le-Boug

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French Brest.

Proper noun

Brest ?

1. Brest (a city in Brittany, France)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Belarusian Брэст (Brest).

Proper noun

Brest ?

1. Brest (a city in Belarus)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾest/ [ˈbɾest̪]
• Rhymes: -est
• Syllabification: Brest

Proper noun

Brest ?

1. Brest (a city in Brittany)
2. Brest (a city in Belarus)