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Brie

//bɹiː// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A region in northern France. historical
  2. 2
    A female given name.
  3. 3
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk. countable, uncountable

    "And your socks smell of angels / But your life smells of brie"

  2. 2
    soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.

Etymology 2

From French Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of brie.

Etymology 3

A shortening of Brianna.

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