bream

Meaning

Noun

1. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
2. (British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama.
3. An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
4. A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.

Verb

To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.

Synonyms

freshwater bream

sea bream

zope

redfish

Mexican snapper

blear-eyed snapper

brim snapper

carribbean red snapper

godbless

red porgy

European bream

mutton snapper

pinfish

red snapper

queen snapper

lane snapper

moonlight grunt

night snapper

northern red snapper

pensacola red snapper

pot snapper

brim

redtailed snapper

chub

tench

Mexican red snapper

Translations

brème

brasem

Brachse

abramide

brema

brema

Brasse

besugo

besuc

Abramis brama

Blei

abramide comune

brema

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹiːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: breme

Cognate with French: brème

Cognate with Dutch: brasem

Cognate with Old High German: brahsma

Cognate with German: Brasse

Cognate with German: brennen

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)).