brethとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• breeth, breeþ, breith, brethe, breþ, breþe
• braþe (East Saxon); brethþ (Southern); breyth (Early Scots); breað (AB language)

発音

• IPA: /brɛ̝ːθ/, /breːθ/
• 韻: -ɛːθ

名詞

breth (plural brethes)

1. Breathing; the act of respiration or an instance of it:
   1. Air expelled from breathing.
      • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:

        Whan zephırus eek w hıs sweete breeth / Inſpıred hath ın euerẏ holt and heeth

        And when Zephirus with his sweet breath / has inspired in every holt and heath […]

   2. Life (as indicated by breathing)
   3. Speaking; a spoken sound.
2. Any small movement of air:
   1. The emission of air from a brass instrument.
   2. A breeze or gale; a wind movement.
3. A short moment; the amount of a breath.
4. Passion, fervour; emotional intensity.
5. Vapour, steam, or smoke.
6. A smell or odour; an olfactory sensation.

派生語

• brethen

派生した語

• English: breath
• Middle Scots: breith, braith
  • Scots: breith, braith, breath
  • Shetland: braeth

参照

• “brēth, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “breath, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

語源 2

名詞

breth

1. alternative form of bredthe

語源 3

名詞

breth

1. alternative form of brethe