breeze

Signification (Anglais)

1. A light, gentle wind.
2. Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
3. Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
4. An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
5. A brief workout for a racehorse.

brise

souffle

du gâteau

souffler légèrement

vent frais

altercation

engueulade

vent léger

brise légère

la soupe au canard

jolie brise

light wind

blow softly

child’s play

blow gently

blows softly

gentle wind

gentle breeze

light breeze

moderate breeze

skim over

strong breeze

spring wind

land and sea breeze

braize

nickings

vernal breeze

blow lightly

coal fines

pan breeze

non-volatile residue

coke blacking

coal powder

gust of wind

cat’s-paw

coal dust

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɹiːz/

From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure. Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic source like Saterland Frisian Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bries (“breeze”), early Dutch brysen (“to blow cool and fresh”), or from Spanish brisa (“northeast wind”). The earliest attestations are in Middle English brees (1460), Catalan brisa, and Italian brezza (all in 15th century), with Spanish (1504) and Portuguese briza (16th century) following closely after. The aforementioned Dutch cognates and French brise, however, are attested later than the term in English. The only internal hypothesis for any of those languages is a modification of Old Occitan bisa (“strong wind”), which is not widely accepted. Compare also Albanian breshër (“hail”).