Feminine

bres

Meaning

Concepts

breach, gap, opening

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/brɛs/

Borrowed from Middle French

Cognate with Old High German

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.