bred

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɹɛd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛd
  • Homophone: bread

Verb

bred

  1. simple past tense and past participle of breed

Derived terms

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Adjective

bred

  1. broad, wide

Inflection
Inflection of bred
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular bred bredere bredest2
Neuter singular bredt bredere bredest2
Plural brede bredere bredest2
Definite attributive1 brede bredere bredeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Antonyms

Noun

bred c (singular definite bredden, plural indefinite bredder)

  1. shore
  2. bank

Declension
Declension of bred
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bred bredden bredder bredderne
genitive breds breddens bredders breddernes

References

Manx

Verb

bred (verbal noun breddal, past participle breddit)

  1. to hackle

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
bredvredmred
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English brēad, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /brɛːd/

Noun

bred

  1. bread, pastry
  2. food, nourishment

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse breiðr

Adjective

bred (neuter singular bredt, definite singular and plural brede, comparative bredere, indefinite superlative bredest, definite superlative bredeste)

  1. wide, broad

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bredą, derived from the e-grade *bʰredʰóm, from *bʰer-dʰ-, extended form of *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Cognates include German Brett, Yiddish ברעט‎‎ (bret‎).

Noun

bred n (nominative plural bredu)

  1. surface
  2. plank, board
  3. table, tablet

Synonyms

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *braidaz. Compare Old English brād, Old Frisian brēd, Dutch breed, Old High German breit, Old Norse breiðr, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (braiþs).

Adjective

brēd

  1. broad, wide

Declension
Positive forms of brēd
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative brēd brēde brēd brēdu brēd brēde
accusative brēdana brēde brēda brēdu brēd brēde
genitive brēdes brēdarō brēdaro brēdarō brēdes brēdarō
dative brēdumu brēdum brēdaro brēdum brēdumu brēdum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative brēdo brēdu brēda brēdu brēda brēdu
accusative brēdun brēdun brēdun brēdun brēda brēdun
genitive brēdun brēdonō brēdun brēdonō brēdun brēdonō
dative brēdun brēdum brēdun brēdum brēdun brēdum


Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brēþer, from Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eːd
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Adjective

bred (comparative bredare, superlative bredast)

  1. broad, wide; having great width

Declension
Inflection of bred
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bred bredare bredast
Neuter singular brett bredare bredast
Plural breda bredare bredast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 brede bredare bredaste
All breda bredare bredaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Verb

bred

  1. imperative of breda.
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