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Breton

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A
Breton
arzh gell[ars ˈɡɛlː]
noun
A large bear with brown fur, native to Europe and North America.

“An arzh gell a gousk e-pad ar goañv.”

The brown bear sleeps during the winter.

Also means
  1. brown bear (Ursus arctos)
  2. brown bear

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
askorn[ˈas.kɔrn]Appears in an example
noun
The hard, white pieces that make up the skeleton of a human or animal body. It can also refer to the hard stone inside a fruit.

“Torret eo bet va askorn.”

My bone has been broken.

Also means
  1. bone
  2. stone, seed pit

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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B
Breton
balan[ba-lan]
noun
A type of shrub with yellow flowers, belonging to the genus Genista.

“Klotus eo ar balan.”

The broom is pretty.

Also means
  1. broom (genus Genista)
  2. broom

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
balanenn
noun
A single stalk or plant of broom.

“Tapet en deus ur valanenn.”

He has picked a piece of broom.

Also means
  1. singulative of balan (‘broom’)
  2. broom plant

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
banal[ba-nal]
noun
A plant that belongs to the broom or bramble family. It is often found growing in the wild.

“Kavet em eus ur banal e-kichen ar park.”

I found a broom plant near the field.

Also means
  1. bramble
  2. broom (a plant, sp. Genista)

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
breudeur[ˈbrøː.dœr]
noun
The male siblings of a person. This is the plural form of the word breur.

“Daou vreur eo ma breudeur.”

My brothers are two brothers.

Also means
  1. plural of breur: brothers
  2. brothers

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
breur[ˈbrøːr]
noun
A male person who shares the same parents as another person.

“Ur breur hag ur c'hoar am eus.”

I have one brother and one sister.

Also means
  1. brother

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
bro[bʀoː]
noun
A nation or a person's homeland.

“A bep liv marc'h mat; a bep bro tud vat.”

Good horses whatever their colour; good people whatever their country.

Also means
  1. country (nation state); homeland
  2. country

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
broad[broad]
noun
A term used to refer to someone who originates from a specific country or region.

“Un den broad a zo amañ.”

A person from that country is here.

Also means
  1. person from a country

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
broadel[bro-del]
adj
Something that relates to a whole nation or country.

“Ur gwir a zo gant pep broadel.”

Every nation has a right.

Also means
  1. national

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
broadoù[broa-doù]
noun
The plural form for groups of people living in countries.

“Kevredigezh ar broadoù.”

The league of nations.

Also means
  1. plural of broad: nations
  2. nations

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
broc'h[ˈbʁoːx]
noun
A wild animal with black and white stripes on its face that lives in holes underground.

“Ur broc'h zo o vont er-maez eus e doull.”

A badger is coming out of its hole.

Also means
  1. badger

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
biz-meud[biz-meud]Appears in an example
noun
The short, thick digit on the human hand that moves towards the fingers.

“Torret eo bet e viz-meud ganit.”

Your thumb has been broken.

Also means
  1. thumb (digit)
  2. thumb

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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C
Breton
chokolad[ʃo.ˈkoː.lat]
noun
A sweet brown food made from cacao seeds.

“Me a gar debriñ chokolad.”

I like to eat chocolate.

Also means
  1. chocolate

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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D
Breton
dev[dev]Appears in an example
adj
This is a grammatical form of the word 'tev' which occurs when the initial sound changes due to soft mutation.

“Ur paotr dev eo e vreur.”

His brother is a fat boy.

Also means
  1. soft mutation of tev

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
draeneg[drae-neg]Appears in an example
noun
A small mammal covered in sharp spines that rolls into a ball for protection.

“Ur draeneg a zo kuzhet dindan ar brouskoad.”

A hedgehog is hidden under the brushwood.

Also means
  1. hedgehog (a small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia)
  2. sea perch, genus Sebastes
  3. hedgehog

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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E
Breton
eontr[ˈẽwntʁ]
noun
The brother of one's father or mother.

“Dimeziñ a ra ma eontr en diskar-amzer.”

My uncle is getting married in the autumn.

Also means
  1. uncle

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
Elzas[ˈɛl.zas]Appears in an example
name
A cultural and historical region located in France.

“Emañ Elzas e reter Bro-C'hall.”

Alsace is in the east of France.

Also means
  1. Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)
  2. Alsace

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
eñ[eñ]Appears in an example
pron
A pronoun used to refer to a male person.

“Eñ eo ma breur.”

He is my brother.

Also means
  1. he
  2. him

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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G
Breton
glad[ɡlɑːt]
noun
Refers to pieces of land suitable for farming or, in a broader sense, an inheritance or territory.

“Ur glad vras eo ar vro-mañ.”

This country is a great inheritance.

Also means
  1. arable land
  2. patrimony, estate
  3. territory, country
  4. feudal domain

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
golvan[gol-van]
noun
A small brown bird that is very common in gardens and towns.

“Ur golvan a zo o nijal.”

A sparrow is flying.

Also means
  1. sparrow

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
gwenedeg[gwene-deg]Appears in an example
name
A specific dialect of the Breton language spoken in the Vannes region.

“Komz a ra gwenedeg e Bro-Wened.”

People speak the Gwened dialect in the Vannes area.

Also means
  1. the Breton dialect of Gwened
  2. Vannetais

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
gwerinierAppears in an example
noun
An alternative plural form of the noun gwerenn.

“An holl gwerinier a oa torret.”

All the glasses were broken.

Also means
  1. plural of gwerenn
  2. glasses

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
gwiñver[ˈɡwĩːvɛr]Appears in an example
noun
A small animal with a long bushy tail that climbs trees and eats nuts.

“E-kreiz teñvalder o glasvez e sked sae gell-ruz ar gwiñver.”

In the middle of the darkness of their greenery shines the reddish-brown fur of the squirrel.

Also means
  1. squirrel

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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H
Breton
ho[ho]Appears in an example
det
A possessive determiner used to show that something belongs to a group of people.

“ho preudeur”

your brothers

Also means
  1. your pl
  2. your

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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K
Breton
kevan[ˈkeːvãn]
adj
Referring to something that is complete and not broken or missing any parts.

“Ar voger a zo kevan c'hoazh.”

The wall is still intact.

Also means
  1. entire
  2. whole
  3. intact
  4. complete

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
konsul[kon-sul]
noun
An official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign city to represent their country's interests.

“Ar c'honsul a zo en e vurev.”

The consul is in his office.

Also means
  1. consul

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
kant[ˈkãn(t)]Appears in an example
num
The number that comes after ninety-nine.

“Kant bro, kant giz, kant perez, kant iliz”

A hundred countries, a hundred guises, a hundred parishes, a hundred churches.

Also means
  1. hundred

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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L
Breton
ledan[le-dan]
adj
Something that has a large distance from one side to the other; wide.

“Ur stêr ledan eo hon hini.”

Our river is a broad one.

Also means
  1. broad

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
leon[ˈlewn]
noun
A large, powerful cat with a golden-brown coat, known as the king of the jungle.

“Ur leon a c'hoarzh en zoo.”

A lion roars in the zoo.

Also means
  1. lion

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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M
Breton
mein[mein]Appears in an example
noun
The plural form of the Breton word maen, meaning stones.

“Kaset en deus mein da sevel ur voger.”

He brought stones to build a wall.

Also means
  1. plural of maen

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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O
Breton
oabloù[o.ˈa.blɔʊ]Appears in an example
noun
This is the plural form of the word oabl, meaning the sky.

“Gell eo an oabloù hiziv.”

The skies are light brown today.

Also means
  1. plural of oabl
  2. skies

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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P
Breton
preudeur[preu-deur]
noun
The plural word for brothers, showing a hard mutation. This form is used in specific grammatical contexts.

“Da breudeur a zo o labourat.”

Your brothers are working.

Also means
  1. hard mutation of breudeur
  2. brothers

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Breton
Primel[pri-mel]
name
This is a traditional male first name used in Brittany.

“Primel a zo o labourat en ti.”

Primel is working in the house.

Also means
  1. a male given name

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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S
Breton
soudard[ˈsuːdart]Appears in an example
noun
A person who serves in an army.

“Ur soudard eo va breur.”

My brother is a soldier.

Also means
  1. soldier

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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V
Breton
vreudeur[vreu-deur]
noun
The plural word for brothers, showing a soft mutation. This form is used after certain words or particles.

“Gwelet em eus o breudeur.”

I have seen their brothers.

Also means
  1. soft mutation of breudeur
  2. brothers

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Y
Breton
Yann[yann]Appears in an example
name
A common male first name that corresponds to John in English.

“Yann a zo va breur.”

John is my brother.

Also means
  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John
  2. John

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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