beret
A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the headA type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.
» Young people have stopped wearing berets.
Die Jugend trägt keine Baskenmützen mehr.
Молодёжь уже не носит береты.
Meaning
1 sensesA type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.
Barett, Baskenmütze, Tellermütze
бере́тberét
бере́тberét
- a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
Examples
13 sentencesYoung people have stopped wearing berets.
ruМолодёжь уже не носит береты. — marafon
deDie Jugend trägt keine Baskenmützen mehr. — Yorwba
The only one wearing a beret was Tom.
Tom was wearing a beret.
ruТом был в берете. — marafon
The latest variation of the classic tinfoil hat is the tinfoil beret.
Остання версія класичної шапочки з фольги — берет із фольги. — deniko
deDie neueste Spielart des klassischen Aluhuts ist das Alubarett. — Yorwba
Tom is the only one wearing a beret.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret,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.
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