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brie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /bɹiː/

Etymology

Borrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
   • And your socks smell of angels / But your life smells of brie 1996, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Don't Marry Her”, in Blue Is the Colour, performed by The Beautiful South:
   • Up it goes to Instagram with the caption “I can’t brie-leave how good this is!!!”. There is no brie in this sandwich. 2017 December 15, Ruby Lott-Lavigna, “I Spent a Day Eating at the Most Instagrammable Restaurants of 2017”, in VICE:

Forms

Deriveds

cranbrie

Relateds

camembert

Translations (27)

eo brio (mild French cheese) · fi briejuusto (mild French cheese) · pl brie (mild French cheese) · fa بری (mild French cheese) · fi brie (mild French cheese) · he ברי (mild French cheese) · nl brie (mild French cheese) · ar بْرِي (mild French cheese) · ko 브리 (mild French cheese) · fr brie (mild French cheese) · ro brie (mild French cheese) · mi pirī (mild French cheese) · ko 브리 치즈 (mild French cheese) · pt brie (mild French cheese) · uk брі (mild French cheese) · cmn 布利乾酪 /布利干酪 (mild French cheese) · mk бри (mild French cheese) · de Brie (mild French cheese) · ru бри (mild French cheese) · cmn 布里乳酪 (mild French cheese) · cmn 布利奶酪 (mild French cheese) · es brie (mild French cheese) · ja ブリー (mild French cheese) · ja ブリーチーズ (mild French cheese) · cmn 布利乳酪 (mild French cheese) · el μπρι (mild French cheese) · bg бри (mild French cheese)