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brett¹

Where it comes from

Short for Brettanomyces.

noun

  1. uncountable Alternative letter-case form of Brett (Brettanomyces). The brewery produces a series of wild brett beers called Cases of the Mondays, a name inspired by the movie Office Space.
  2. informal, uncountable A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.

brett²

noun bretts

  1. archaic A britchka; a kind of horse-drawn carriage.

Brett³

  • /bɹɛt/

Rhymes with -ɛt

Where it comes from

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.

proper noun Bret

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname meaning "Breton, an inhabitant of Brittany".
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for
  3. A river in Suffolk, England, which joins the Suffolk River Stour at Higham in Babergh district.

Brett⁴

  • /bɹɛt/

Rhymes with -ɛt

Where it comes from

Short for Brettanomyces.

noun

  1. informal, uncountable Brettanomyces, a yeast genus that is used in brewing some beers, and can also affect the taste of wine.

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@misc{brett_2026,
  title = {brett},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brett},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}