brie

brie

English

Closeup of slices of brie.

Etymology

Borrowed from French brie, of ultimate Gaulish origin. Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹiː/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophone: bree

Noun

brie (countable and uncountable, plural bries)

1. An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.

Translations

mild French cheese

Arabic: بْرِي‎ (ar) m (brī) Chinese: Mandarin: 布利乾酪／布利干酪 (bùlì gānlào), 布利奶酪 (bùlì nǎilào), 布利乳酪 (bùlì rǔlào), 布里乳酪 (bùlǐ rǔlào) Dutch: brie (nl) m Esperanto: brio (eo) Finnish: brie (fi), briejuusto French: brie (fr) m German: Brie (de) m Greek: μπρι (bri) Hebrew: ברי‎ (he) Japanese: ブリーチーズ (burīchīzu), ブリー (burī) Korean: 브리 (beuri), 브리 치즈 (beuri chijeu) Macedonian: бри n (bri) Persian: بری‎ (fa) (bri) Polish: brie (pl) m Portuguese: brie m Romanian: brie (ro) n Russian: бри (ru) m (bri) Spanish: brie (es) m Ukrainian: брі m (bri)

See also

• camembert

Anagrams

• bier, rebi

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: brie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

brie m (uncountable)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbriː/, [ˈbriː]

Noun

brie

1. brie

Usage notes

As the plural forms are somewhat awkward to use it may be advisable to replace the word in plural with a synonym such as: briejuusto (“brie as mass noun”), briepala (“piece of brie”), brieannos (“serving of brie”).

Declension

Inflection of brie (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		brie	briet
genitive		brien	brieiden brieitten
partitive		brietä	brieitä
illative		briehin	brieihin
		singular	plural
nominative		brie	briet
accusative	nom.	brie	briet
	gen.	brien
genitive		brien	brieiden brieitten
partitive		brietä	brieitä
inessive		briessä	brieissä
elative		briestä	brieistä
illative		briehin	brieihin
adessive		briellä	brieillä
ablative		brieltä	brieiltä
allative		brielle	brieille
essive		brienä	brieinä
translative		brieksi	brieiksi
instructive		—	briein
abessive		briettä	brieittä
comitative		—	brieineen

Possessive forms of brie (type rosé)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	brieni	briemme
2nd person	briesi	brienne
3rd person	briensä

Synonyms

• briejuusto

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French

Etymology

Named after Brie, France, from Gaulish briga (“hill”).[1] Doublet of Bourgogne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi/

• Audio

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Noun

brie m (plural bries)

1. brie

References

1. Morton, Mark (2004): Cupboard Love 2: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities, p. 54

Further reading

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

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Manx

Verb

brie (verbal noun briaght)

1. ask (for information)

Synonyms

• fenee

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

brie f (plural bries)

1. (Jersey) sweetbread

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French brie.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi/

Noun

brie m (plural bries)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/

Noun

brie n (uncountable)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

Declension

declension of brie (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) brie	brieul
genitive/dative	(unui) brie	brieului
vocative	brieule

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Spanish

Etymology

From French brie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾi/ [ˈbɾi]
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

brie m (plural bries)

1. brie (variety of French cheese)

Further reading

• “brie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014