barret
See also: Barret
English
Etymology
From French barrette, Late Latin barretum (“a cap”), from birrus (“hooded cape”). See berretta, and compare biretta.
Noun
barret (plural barrets)
- A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers.
- The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for barret in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Catalan
Etymology
Old Catalan barret, ultimately from Late Latin birrus. Compare French béret (“Basque cap”).
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “barret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “barret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “barret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Swedish
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