brie
An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milkAn originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
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» The creamy brie melted on my tongue, leaving a rich, buttery taste behind.
megamanenm · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
Brie
бриbri
бріbri
soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
Examples
6 sentencesThe creamy brie melted on my tongue, leaving a rich, buttery taste behind.
We eat brie.
Brie is a pale blue mouse with blue eyes a pink nose white muzzle and pink bangs.
What wine goes well with Brie?
deWelcher Wein passt gut zu Brie-Käse? — Manfredo
Which country can I buy Brie in?
ruВ какой стране можно купить бри? — marafon
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-CeltiBorrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.
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Forms
plural: briesWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.