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Breton
Bret·on B0474900 (brĕt′n)adj. Of or relating to Brittany or its people, language, or culture.n.1. a. A native or inhabitant of Brittany.b. A person of Breton ancestry.2. The Celtic language of Brittany. Also called Armoric.
[Middle English, from Old French; see Briton.]Breton (ˈbrɛtən; French brətɔ̃) adj1. (Peoples) of, relating to, or characteristic of Brittany, its people, or their language2. (Languages) of, relating to, or characteristic of Brittany, its people, or their language3. (Placename) of, relating to, or characteristic of Brittany, its people, or their languagen4. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Brittany, esp one who speaks the Breton language5. (Languages) the indigenous language of Brittany, belonging to the Brythonic subgroup of the Celtic family of languages
Breton (French brətɔ̃) n (Biography) André (ɑ̃dre). 1896–1966, French poet and art critic: founder and chief theorist of surrealism, publishing the first surrealist manifesto in 1924Bret•on (ˈbrɛt n)
n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Brittany. 2. a Celtic language, akin to Cornish and Welsh, spoken in central and W Brittany. adj. 3. of or pertaining to Brittany, the Bretons, or the language Breton. [1815–20; < French] Bret•on (brə tɔn)
n. André, 1896–1966, French poet and critic. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Breton - a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language)Breiz, Bretagne, Brittany - a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of BiscayFrench person, Frenchman, Frenchwoman - a person of French nationality | | 2. | Breton - a Celtic language of BrittanyBrittanic, Brythonic - a southern group of Celtic languages |
TranslationsBreton
Breton1 André . 1896--1966, French poet and art critic: founder and chief theorist of surrealism, publishing the first surrealist manifesto in 1924
Breton21. a native or inhabitant of Brittany, esp one who speaks the Breton language 2. the indigenous language of Brittany, belonging to the Brythonic subgroup of the Celtic family of languages Breton the language of the Bretons, which belongs to the Celtic group of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the peninsula of Brittany, along with the French language, by approximately 1.1 million people (1967 estimate). Breton is divided into four dialects: Vannetais (or southeastern) in the department of Morbihan, Trégorrois (northeastern) in the western part of the department of Côtes-du-Nord, and Cornouaillais (southwestern) and Léonais (northwestern) in the department of Finistère. There is no single colloquial literary language; magazines published in Breton use the Léonais dialect as the basis of the literary language. The first written records in the Breton language are the glosses of the eighth to the 11th centuries. The first lexicon, a Breton-Latin-French dictionary, was compiled in 1464. REFERENCESVallée, F. La langue brétonne en 40 leçons. St. Brieuc, 1940.
Hemon, R. La langue brétonne. La Baule, 1947.
Ernault, E. Glossaire moyen-bréton, 2nd ed. Paris, 1896.
Loth, J. Vocabulaire vieux-bréton, avec commentaire. Paris, 1884.
AcronymsSeeBRETBreton
Related to Breton: Breton languageWords related to Bretonnoun a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language)Related Words- Breiz
- Bretagne
- Brittany
- French person
- Frenchman
- Frenchwoman
noun a Celtic language of BrittanyRelated Words |