breeze

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* As an English surname, spelling variant of Breese. * As a Welsh surname, from ap Rhys (“son of Rhys”); see Reese.

From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure. Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic source like Saterland Frisian Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bries (“breeze”), early Dutch brysen (“to blow cool and fresh”), or from Spanish brisa (“northeast wind”). The earliest attestations are in Middle English brees (1460), Catalan brisa, and Italian brezza (all in 15th century), with Spanish (1504) and Portuguese briza (16th century) following closely after. The aforementioned Dutch cognates and French brise, however, are attested later than the term in English. The only internal hypothesis for any of those languages is a modification of Old Occitan bisa (“strong wind”), which is not widely accepted. Compare also Albanian breshër (“hail”).

From Middle English brese, from Old English brēosa, variant of Old English brimsa (“gadfly”), from Proto-Germanic *bremusī (“gadfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bherem- (“to make a noise, buzz, hum”). Cognate with Dutch brems (“horsefly, warblefly”), German Bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Danish bremse (“gadfly, horsefly”), Swedish broms (“gadfly, horsefly”). Related also to Middle English brimse (“gadfly”), French brize (“gadfly”), Old English bremman (“to rage, roar”), Latin fremō (“roar, snort, growl, grumble”). See also bream.

Probably from French braise (“burning coals”).

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَسِيم (nasīm) — a light, gentle wind
• Arabic: هَوَاء (hawāʔ) — a light, gentle wind
• Arabic: نَسَمَة (nasama) — a light, gentle wind
• Armenian: զեփյուռ (zepʻyuṙ) — a light, gentle wind
• Armenian: սյուք (syukʻ) — a light, gentle wind
• Aromanian: avrã — a light, gentle wind
• Assamese: বা (ba) — a light, gentle wind
• Assamese: মালয়া-বতাহ (maloya-botah) — a light, gentle wind
• Azerbaijani: meh — a light, gentle wind
• Basque: egurats — a light, gentle wind
• Central Bikol: harupohop — a light, gentle wind
• Central Bikol: hayahay — a light, gentle wind
• Central Bikol: huyuhoy — a light, gentle wind
• Central Bikol: duros (Naga) — a light, gentle wind
• Bulgarian: бриз (briz) — a light, gentle wind
• Cahuilla: 'eel yakish — a light, gentle wind
• Catalan: brisa — a light, gentle wind
• Cebuano: huyuhoy — a light, gentle wind
• Chinese Mandarin: 微風 /微风 — a light, gentle wind
• Chinese Mandarin: 和風 /和风 (héfēng) — a light, gentle wind
• Chinese Mandarin: 清風 /清风 (qīngfēng) — a light, gentle wind
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕風 /轻风 (qīngfēng) — a light, gentle wind
• Cornish: awel glor — a light, gentle wind
• Czech: větřík — a light, gentle wind
• Czech: vánek — a light, gentle wind
• Danish: brise — a light, gentle wind
• Dutch: bries — a light, gentle wind
• Esperanto: venteto — a light, gentle wind
• Esperanto: brizo — a light, gentle wind
• Estonian: tuuleõhk — a light, gentle wind
• Estonian: tuulehingus — a light, gentle wind
• Faroese: lot — a light, gentle wind
• Faroese: gul — a light, gentle wind
• Finnish: tuulenvire — a light, gentle wind
• Finnish: tuulonen — a light, gentle wind
• French: brise — a light, gentle wind
• Georgian: ნიავი (niavi) — a light, gentle wind
• Georgian: სიო (sio) — a light, gentle wind
• Georgian: ბრიზი (brizi) — a light, gentle wind
• German: Brise — a light, gentle wind
• German: Windchen — a light, gentle wind
• Greek: αεράκι (aeráki) — a light, gentle wind
• Ancient Greek: αὔρα (aúra) — a light, gentle wind
• Hiligaynon: huyuhoy — a light, gentle wind
• Hiligaynon: harupot — a light, gentle wind
• Hindi: समीर (samīr) — a light, gentle wind
• Hungarian: szellő — a light, gentle wind
• Icelandic: gola — a light, gentle wind
• Ido: brizo — a light, gentle wind
• Italian: brezza — a light, gentle wind
• Italian: ora — a light, gentle wind
• Japanese: 微風 (soyokaze) — a light, gentle wind
• Khmer: ខ្យល់ (kyol) — a light, gentle wind
• Korean: 산들바람 (sandeulbaram) — a light, gentle wind
• Korean: 미풍 (mipung) — a light, gentle wind
• Central Kurdish: با (ba) — a light, gentle wind
• Central Kurdish: شەماڵ (şemall) — a light, gentle wind
• Kyrgyz: жел (jel) — a light, gentle wind
• Latin: ventulus — a light, gentle wind
• Latvian: vēsma — a light, gentle wind
• Latvian: vējiņš — a light, gentle wind
• Lithuanian: vėjelis — a light, gentle wind
• Macedonian: ве́трец (vétrec) — a light, gentle wind
• Macedonian: ве́тре (vétre) — a light, gentle wind
• Maltese: żiffa — a light, gentle wind
• Māori: kōtengitengi — a light, gentle wind
• Māori: rangaranga — a light, gentle wind
• Māori: matangi — a light, gentle wind
• Māori: kāwatawata — a light, gentle wind
• Māori: kōmurimuri — a light, gentle wind
• Māori: kōkōuri — a light, gentle wind
• Māori: rarohau — a light, gentle wind
• Māori: hau maiangi — a light, gentle wind
• Marshallese: an̄ — a light, gentle wind
• Classical Nahuatl: ehcaxoctli — a light, gentle wind
• Classical Nahuatl: pitzāhuac ehēcatl — a light, gentle wind
• Nandi: chepusoon — a light, gentle wind
• Navajo: níłchʼi — a light, gentle wind
• Norman: brise — a light, gentle wind
• Norwegian Bokmål: bris — a light, gentle wind
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bris — a light, gentle wind
• Old Church Slavonic: вѣтрьць (větrĭcĭ) — a light, gentle wind
• Old English: hwiða — a light, gentle wind
• Old English: hweoðu — a light, gentle wind
• Persian: نسیم (nasim) — a light, gentle wind
• Polish: bryza — a light, gentle wind
• Polish: zefirek — a light, gentle wind
• Polish: wicherek — a light, gentle wind
• Polish: wiaterek — a light, gentle wind
• Polish: wietrzyk — a light, gentle wind
• Polish: lekki powiew — a light, gentle wind
• Portuguese: brisa — a light, gentle wind
• Romanian: adiere — a light, gentle wind
• Romanian: boare — a light, gentle wind
• Romanian: briză — a light, gentle wind
• Russian: бриз (briz) — a light, gentle wind
• Russian: ветеро́к (veterók) — a light, gentle wind
• Sanskrit: समीर (samīra) — a light, gentle wind
• Serbo-Croatian: ветрић — a light, gentle wind
• Slovak: vánok — a light, gentle wind
• Slovak: vetrík — a light, gentle wind
• Slovak: bríza — a light, gentle wind
• Spanish: brisa — a light, gentle wind
• Spanish: vahaje — a light, gentle wind
• Spanish: alisio — a light, gentle wind
• Swedish: bris — a light, gentle wind
• Tagalog: simoy — a light, gentle wind
• Thai: ลมโชย (lom choi) — a light, gentle wind
• Turkish: meltem — a light, gentle wind
• Turkish: yel — a light, gentle wind
• Turkish: esinti — a light, gentle wind
• Turkish: hafif rüzgâr — a light, gentle wind
• Ottoman Turkish: هوا (hava) — a light, gentle wind
• Ottoman Turkish: صبا (saba) — a light, gentle wind
• Ukrainian: бриз (bryz) — a light, gentle wind
• Ukrainian: вітере́ць (viterécʹ) — a light, gentle wind
• Ukrainian: ле́гіт (léhit) — a light, gentle wind
• Urdu: نسیم (nasīm) — a light, gentle wind
• Welsh: awel — a light, gentle wind
• Welsh: awelon — a light, gentle wind
• Zazaki: pêl — a light, gentle wind
• Arabic: سَهْل (sahl) — activity that is easy
• Arabic: بَسِيط (basīṭ) — activity that is easy
• Czech: hračka — activity that is easy
• Czech: brnkačka — activity that is easy
• Dutch: kinderspel — activity that is easy
• Dutch: eitje — activity that is easy
• Dutch: makkie — activity that is easy
• Finnish: lastenleikki — activity that is easy
• French: gâteau — activity that is easy
• German: Kinderspiel — activity that is easy
• Hungarian: gyerekjáték — activity that is easy
• Central Kurdish: ئاسان (asan) — activity that is easy
• Romanian: joacă de copii — activity that is easy
• Russian: пустя́к (pustják) — activity that is easy
• Russian: пустяки́ (pustjakí) — activity that is easy
• Portugal: tranquilo — activity that is easy
• Spanish: pan comido — activity that is easy
• Spanish: breva — activity that is easy
• Spanish: chanfa — activity that is easy
• Spanish: papaya — activity that is easy
• Spanish: papayo — activity that is easy
• Turkish: çok kolay iş — activity that is easy
• Turkish: çocuk oyuncağı — activity that is easy
• German: flitzen — to move casually, in a carefree manner, but not slowly
• Turkish: coşarak gitmek — to move casually, in a carefree manner, but not slowly
• Arabic: نَفَحَتِ الرِّيح (nafaḥati r-rīḥ) — blow gently
• Arabic: نَفَخَتِ الرِّيحُ (nafaḵati r-rīḥu) — blow gently
• German: wehen — blow gently
• Hindi: समीर (samīr) — blow gently
• Italian: spirare — blow gently
• Italian: sospirare — blow gently
• Latvian: vēsmot — blow gently
• Marshallese: an̄ — blow gently
• Swedish: fläkta — blow gently
• Turkish: hafiften esmek — blow gently
• Turkish: püfür püfür esmek — blow gently