Library / English Dictionary

BRETON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Celtic language of Brittany

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Breton" is a kind of...):

Brittanic; Brythonic (a southern group of Celtic languages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Breton" is a kind of...):

French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman (a person of French nationality)

Holonyms ("Breton" is a member of...):

Breiz; Bretagne; Brittany (a former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay)

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