bres

Betekenis (Engels)

breach, gap, opening

Sinonieme

gaping

opening

gat

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/brɛs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Middle French: breche

Verwante met Old High German: brecha

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, bresche (“a breach, an opening, crack”), from Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekō (“a breaking, breach, fallow ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack”).
Cognate with Old High German brecha (“a break”). More at break.