brett

See also: Brett

English

Etymology 1

Short for Brettanomyces.

Noun

brett (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Brett (“Brettanomyces”)
    • 2014, Dan Rabin, Colorado Breweries (Stackpole Books, →ISBN), page 226:
      The brewery produces a series of wild brett beers called Cases of the Mondays, a name inspired by the movie Office Space.
    • 2016, Christian DeBenedetti, The Great American Ale Trail (Revised Edition) (Running Press, →ISBN):
      “Wild Wild Brett,” an early experiment of all-brett beers based on the color spectrum is now a part of the Crooked Stave lore, too.
  2. (informal) A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.

Noun

brett (plural bretts)

  1. (archaic) A britchka; a kind of horse-drawn carriage.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt

Noun

brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett or bretter, definite plural bretta or brettene)

  1. a board
  2. a tray
Derived terms

Verb

brett

  1. imperative of brette

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt

Noun

brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett, definite plural bretta)

  1. a board
  2. a tray

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Adjective

brett

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of bred.

Verb

brett

  1. supine of breda.
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