bream
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bream¹
- /bɹiːm/ UK
- /bɹɪm/ US
- /bɹim/ US
- /bɹɛm/ US
Sounds like brim · Rhymes with -iːm, -ɪm
Where it comes from
From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)).
noun bream · breams
- A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
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A species in that genus, Abramis brama.
Similar: carp bream
- An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
- A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.
bream²
Where it comes from
Compare broom, and German brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen).
verb breams · breaming · breamed
- To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
Bream³
Where it comes from
English surname, from an obsolete derivative of the root of the noun broom. Also from the adjective breme (“famous”). Compare the spelling variant Braham.
proper noun Breams
- A surname.
- A village in West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6005).
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Translations
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noun fish of the genus Abramis
| Español | brema, besugo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 魴 /鲂 fáng |
| Português | brema |
| Français | brème |
| Deutsch | Brasse |
| Italiano | breme, abramide comune |
| Русский | лещ lešč |
| العربية | أَبْرَامِيس ʔabrāmīs |
noun Abramis brama
| Español | brema, plática |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ブリーム burīmu |
| Português | brema-do-mar |
| Français | brème, brème commune |
| Deutsch | Brasse, Brachsen, Blei, Brachsme, Brachsmen, Bresen |
| Italiano | abramide, abramide comune, breme |
| Ελληνικά | αβραμίδα avramída |
| Română | plătică |
| Русский | лещ lešč |
| Tiếng Việt | cá vền |
| العربية | سَمَك البْرِيم samak al-brīm |
noun Asian species, Megalobrama terminalis
| Русский | чёрный лещ čórnyj lešč |
|---|
noun American freshwater fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera
| Português | mudfish |
|---|
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