Standard Lemma guide

beret

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹeɪ/
  • rhymes with -ɛɹeɪ
  • General-American: /bəˈɹeɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪ
  • obsolete: /ˈbɛɹɪt/
  • CMU ARPABET: B EH1 R AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: B EH1 R EY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cap

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: baret — type of brimless cap
  • Albanian: beretë — type of brimless cap
  • Armenian: բերետ (beret) — type of brimless cap
  • Basque: txapel — type of brimless cap
  • Bulgarian: барета (bareta) — type of brimless cap
  • Catalan: boina — type of brimless cap
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貝雷帽 /贝雷帽 (bèiléimào) — type of brimless cap
  • Czech: baret — type of brimless cap
  • Danish: beret — type of brimless cap
  • Danish: baret — type of brimless cap
  • Danish: alpehue — type of brimless cap
  • Dutch: baret — type of brimless cap
  • Esperanto: bireto — type of brimless cap
  • Esperanto: bereto — type of brimless cap
  • Estonian: barett — type of brimless cap
  • Finnish: baretti — type of brimless cap
  • French: béret — type of brimless cap
  • German: Barett — type of brimless cap
  • German: Baskenmütze — type of brimless cap
  • German: Tellermütze — type of brimless cap
  • Greek: μπερές (berés) — type of brimless cap
  • Hebrew: כומתה (kumta) — type of brimless cap
  • Hungarian: svájcisapka — type of brimless cap
  • Hungarian: baszk sapka — type of brimless cap
  • Icelandic: alpahúfa — type of brimless cap
  • Ido: beredo — type of brimless cap
  • Irish: beiré — type of brimless cap
  • Italian: basco — type of brimless cap
  • Japanese: ベレー帽 (berē bō) — type of brimless cap
  • Japanese: ベレー (berē) — type of brimless cap
  • Korean: 베레모 (beremo) — type of brimless cap
  • Korean: 베레 (bere) — type of brimless cap
  • Latvian: berete — type of brimless cap
  • Lithuanian: beretė — type of brimless cap
  • Macedonian: баретка (baretka) — type of brimless cap
  • Norwegian Bokmål: alpelue — type of brimless cap
  • Norwegian Bokmål: beret — type of brimless cap
  • Polish: beret — type of brimless cap
  • Portuguese: boina — type of brimless cap
  • Romanian: beretă — type of brimless cap
  • Russian: бере́т (berét) — type of brimless cap
  • Sicilian: tascu — type of brimless cap
  • Spanish: boina — type of brimless cap
  • Swahili: bereti — type of brimless cap
  • Swedish: basker — type of brimless cap
  • Turkish: bere — type of brimless cap
  • Ukrainian: бере́т (berét) — type of brimless cap
  • Venetan: basco — type of brimless cap
  • Vietnamese: mũ nồi — type of brimless cap
  • Welsh: beret — type of brimless cap