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bris¹
- /bɹɪs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɪs
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish ברית (bris), from Hebrew בְּרִית (bərîṯ, “covenant”).
noun brises · brisses · britot
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Ritual male circumcision; the ceremony in which this is performed.
The night before the bris, he invited nine of his little buddies to come and say kerias shema around the baby's bassinet. Mommy and Daddy, who flew in for the bris, were so touched, they kept dabbing their eyes and coughing.
Similar: bris milah, brit milah
Bris²
Rhymes with -ɪz
proper noun
- Brisbane, Australia.
Translations
Talk about this word "bris." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bris. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bris. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bris "bris." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bris.Cite this
@misc{bris_2026,
title = {bris},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bris},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
