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brème

/bʁɛm/

noun, feminine/bʁɛm/plural: brèmes

bream (fish of the genus Abramis)

Inherited from Old French braisme, from Frankish *brahsima (compare Dutch brasem), from West Germanic *brahsmō, from Proto-Germanic *brahsmǭ, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see English braid (verb)).

noun, feminine/bʁɛm/plural: brèmes

eggplant, aubergine

Synonyms: aubergine, brindgème

. Likely cognate with Missouri French brindgème.