bres

Meaning

breach, gap, opening

Concepts

gap

breach

opening

Synonyms

gaping

opening

gat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/brɛs/

Etymology

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.