bream – English noun declension

English noun forms of bream

Noun: bream
Singularbream
Pluralbream; breams

Sample Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)). See: Middle English Nouns 'breme', French Nouns 'brème', Dutch Nouns 'brasem', German Nouns 'Brasse'.

Verbs referencing "bream"

English Nouns braize, Swedish Nouns braxen, English Nouns brismak.