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.