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- [brim, breem]
- /brɪm, brim/
- /briːm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [brim, breem]
- /brɪm, brim/
Definitions of bream word
- noun bream any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis, esp A. brama, having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales 3
- noun bream any of various marine fishes 3
- verb bream (formerly) to clean debris from (the bottom of a vessel) by heating to soften the pitch 3
- noun bream Julian (Alexander). born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist 3
- noun bream a European freshwater cyprinoid fish (Abramis brama) 3
- noun bream any of various porgy fishes (family Sparidae) 3
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Origin of bream
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English breme < Anglo-French; Old French bresme, braisme < Old Low Franconian *brahsima; compare Old High German brahsema, Dutch brasem
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Parts of speech for Bream
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bream popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bream usage trend in Literature
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