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brett

/bɹɛt/

brett noun: a fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast. Also the alternative letter-case form of Brett.

Noun (1)

brett (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.

Noun (2)

brett (plural bretts)

  1. (archaic) A britchka; a kind of horse-drawn carriage.

Proper noun capitalized: Brett

Brett

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname meaning "Breton, an inhabitant of Brittany".
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
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  3. A river in Suffolk, England, which joins the Suffolk River Stour at Higham in Babergh district.

Noun (3) capitalized: Brett

Brett (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Brettanomyces, a yeast genus that is used in brewing some beers, and can also affect the taste of wine.

Also used as

brett is also the alternative letter-case form of Brett.

brett meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

brett in Hindi

ब्रेट

brett in Marathi

ब्रेट

brett in Urdu

بریٹ

brett in Bengali

ব্রেট
More languagesFewer languages
brett in Telugu
బ్రెట్
brett in Malayalam
ബ്രെറ്റ്
brett in Kannada
ಬ್ರೆಟ್
brett in Punjabi
ਬਰੈੱਟ, ਬ੍ਰੈਟ, ਬਰੈਟ
brett in Gujarati
બ્રેટ
brett in Odia
ବ୍ରେଟ୍
brett in Nepali
ब्रेट, ब्रैट

Forms of brett

Noun
pluralbretts
Proper noun
alternative formBret

Origin of brett

Short for Brettanomyces.

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.

Words that rhyme with brett

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about brett

What does brett mean?
Brett means a fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.
What is brett in Hindi?
Brett in Hindi is ब्रेट. See Brett meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is brett?
Brett can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brett?
Brett is pronounced /bɹɛt/.
What is the plural of brett?
The plural of brett is bretts.

Words near brett in the dictionary

  1. Breton cap
  2. Breton caps
  3. Bretonian
  4. Bretonness
  5. Bretons
  6. brett
  7. Bretten
  8. Brettenham
  9. brettessé
  10. Bretti
  11. Brettica

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brett (page history and authors); Brett (page history and authors); brett (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brett (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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