Breton

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See also: breton, bretón, and Bréton

English

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Breton

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Wiktionary

Breton edition of Wiktionary

Etymology

From French Breton. Doublet of Briton, Brittany, Britain.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛtən/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛtən

Noun

Breton (countable and uncountable, plural Bretons)

(countable) A person from Brittany.
(uncountable) The Celtic language of Brittany.

Translations

person from Brittany

Asturian: bretón (ast) m, bretona (ast) f
Basque: bretoi
Breton: Breton (br) m, Bretonez (br) f, Breizhad (br) m, Breizhadez (br) f
Catalan: bretó (ca) m, bretona (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 布列塔尼人 (Bùliètǎní rén)
Cornish: Breton m, Bretones f
Dutch: Bretoen m, Bretoense f, Breton (nl) m, Bretonse (nl) f
Esperanto: bretono
Finnish: bretagnelainen; bretonilainen
French: Breton (fr) m, Bretonne (fr) f
Galician: bretón (gl) m, bretoa f
Georgian: ბრეტონელი (breṭoneli)
German: Bretone (de) m, Bretonin (de) f
Hindi: ब्रेतनी (hi) (bretnī), ब्रेटन (hi) (breṭan)
Irish: Briotánach m
Italian: bretone (it)
Macedonian: Бретонец (mk) m (Bretonec), Бретонка (mk) f (Bretonka)
Marathi: ब्रेटोन (breṭon)
Occitan: breton (oc) m
Old English: Brett m
Old French: Breton
Persian: برتونی (fa) (beretoni)
Polish: Bretończyk (pl) m, Bretonka (pl) f
Portuguese: bretão (pt) m, bretã f
Romanian: breton (ro) m, bretonă (ro) f
Russian: брето́нец (ru) m (bretónec), брето́нка (ru) f (bretónka)
Serbo-Croatian: Bretonac (sh) m, Bretonka f
Slovene: Bretonec (sl) m, Bretonka f
Spanish: bretón (es) m, bretona (es) f
Swedish: breton (sv) c, bretagnare c, bretonska (sv) f, bretagniska (sv) f
Welsh: Llydäwr m, Llydawes f

the language

Afrikaans: Bretons (af)
Arabic: بُرِيتُونِيَّة f (buritūniyya)
Armenian: բրետոներեն (hy) (bretoneren)
Asturian: bretón (ast) m
Basque: bretoiera (eu)
Belarusian: брэто́нская мо́ва f (bretónskaja móva), брэто́нская f (bretónskaja)
Breton: brezhoneg (br) m
Catalan: bretó (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 布列塔尼語／布列塔尼语 (zh) (Bùliětǎní yǔ)
Cornish: Bretonek m
Corsican: bretone (co) m
Czech: bretonština (cs) f
Danish: bretonsk (da)
Dutch: Bretons (nl)
Esperanto: bretona lingvo
Estonian: bretooni
Finnish: bretoni (fi)
French: breton (fr) m
Galician: bretón (gl) m
Gallo: berton m
Georgian: ბრეტონული (breṭonuli), ბრეტონული ენა (breṭonuli ena)
German: Bretonisch (de) n
Greek: βρετονικά (el) n pl (vretoniká)
Hebrew: בריטנית f (britonít)
Hindi: ब्रेतनी (hi) f (bretnī), ब्रेटन (hi) f (breṭan)
Hungarian: Breton (hu)
Icelandic: Bretónska
Irish: Briotáinis f
Italian: bretone (it) m
Japanese: ブルトン語 (ja) (Buruton-go), ブルターニュ語 (Burutānyu-go), ブレイス語 (Bureisu-go)
Korean: 브루타뉴어 (Beurutanyu-eo)
Latvian: bretoņu
Limburgish: Breitsj n
Lithuanian: bretonų (lt)
Macedonian: бретонски (mk) m (bretonski)
Moksha: Бретононь (Bŕetonoń)
Norman: Bréton m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bretonsk (no)

Nynorsk: bretonsk
Occitan: breton (oc) m
Old English: Brettisċ n
Persian: برتونی (fa) (beretuni)
Polish: (język) bretoński m
Portuguese: bretão (pt) m
Romanian: bretonă (ro) f
Russian: брето́нский (ru) m (bretónskij)
Scots: Breton
Scottish Gaelic: Breatannais f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бретонски m

Roman: bretonski (sh) m
Slovak: bretónsky (sk) m, bretónčina f
Slovene: bretonščina (sl) f
Sorbian: Bretonšćina
Spanish: bretón (es) m
Swedish: bretonska (sv), bretagniska (sv), bretagnska
Tamil: பிரித்தானி மொழி (pirittāṉi moḻi)
Turkish: Bretonca (tr)
Ukrainian: брето́нська (uk) f (bretónsʹka)
Walloon: Burton (wa)
Welsh: Llydaweg (cy) f
West Frisian: Bretonsk (fy)

Proper noun

Breton

A village in Alberta, Canada.

Adjective

Breton (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to Brittany.

Translations

pertaining to Brittany

Asturian: bretón (ast)
Basque: bretoi
Belarusian: брэто́нскі m (bretónski)
Breton: breizhat (br), (pertaining to the language) brezhonek (br)
Catalan: bretó (ca)
Cornish: bretonek
Dutch: Bretoens (nl), Bretons (nl)
Finnish: bretonilainen, bretagnelainen
French: breton (fr)
Galician: bretón (gl)
Georgian: ბრეტანის (breṭanis), ბრეტონული (breṭonuli)
German: bretonisch (de)
Hindi: ब्रेतनी (hi) (bretnī), ब्रेटन (hi) (breṭan)
Irish: Briotánach
Macedonian: бре́тонски (mk) m (brétonski)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bretonsk (no), bretsk

Nynorsk: bretonsk
Occitan: breton (oc)
Old French: breton
Persian: برتونی (fa) (beretoni)
Polish: bretoński (pl)
Portuguese: bretão (pt)
Romanian: breton (ro)
Russian: брето́нский (ru) (bretónskij)
Slovene: bretonski (sl)
Spanish: bretón (es)
Swedish: bretonsk (sv), bretagnisk
Turkish: Breton (tr)
Welsh: Llydewig (cy)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Berton, Bronte, Bronté, Brontë, betorn