beret

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beret

/ˈbɛɹeɪ/ UK
/bəˈɹeɪ/ US
/ˈbɛɹɪt/ obsolete

Rhymes with -ɛɹeɪ, -eɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.

noun berets · béret · berret

A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

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noun type of brimless cap

Español	boina
한국어	베레모 beremo, 베레 bere
日本語	ベレー帽 berē bō, ベレー berē
中文	貝雷帽 /贝雷帽 bèiléimào
Kiswahili	bereti
Português	boina
Français	béret
Deutsch	Barett, Baskenmütze, Tellermütze
Italiano	basco
Ελληνικά	μπερές berés
Română	beretă
Русский	бере́т berét
Tiếng Việt	mũ nồi
العربية	بِيرِيه bērē, بُرْنَيْطَة burnayṭa, كُمَّة kumma, لَاطِيَّة lāṭiyya
עברית	כומתה kumta

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@misc{beret_2026,
  title = {beret},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beret},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}