bream

Meaning

Synonyms

freshwater bream

Mexican snapper

blear-eyed snapper

brim snapper

carribbean red snapper

godbless

red porgy

European bream

queen snapper

lane snapper

moonlight grunt

night snapper

northern red snapper

pensacola red snapper

pot snapper

redtailed snapper

Mexican red snapper

Frequency

31k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹiːm/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)).

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