brett

See also: Brett

English

Etymology 1

Short for Brettanomyces.

Noun

brett (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Brett (“Brettanomyces”)
   • 2014, Dan Rabin, Colorado Breweries, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 226:

     The brewery produces a series of wild brett beers called Cases of the Mondays, a name inspired by the movie Office Space.

   • 2016, Christian DeBenedetti, The Great American Ale Trail (Revised Edition), Running Press, →ISBN:

     “Wild Wild Brett,” an early experiment of all-brett beers based on the color spectrum is now a part of the Crooked Stave lore, too.

2. (informal) A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.

Etymology 2

Noun

brett (plural bretts)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt.

Noun

brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett or bretter, definite plural bretta or brettene)

1. a board
2. a tray

Derived terms

• brettspill
• fuglebrett
• skjærebrett
• snøbrett
• springbrett
• stekebrett
• vaskebrett

 

Etymology 2

Verb

brett

1. imperative of brette

References

• “brett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt.

Noun

brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett, definite plural bretta)

1. a board
2. a tray

Derived terms

• fuglebrett
• snøbrett
• springbrett
• teiknebrett
• vaskebrett

 

References

• “brett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

brett

1. indefinite neuter singular of bred

Verb

brett

1. supine of breda