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brie

/bɹiː/

brie noun: an originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.

brie: an originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk
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Noun

brie (countable and uncountable, plural bries)

  1. An originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
    • And your socks smell of angels / But your life smells of brie1996, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Don't Marry Her”, in Blue Is the Colour, performed by The Beautiful South
    • Up it goes to Instagram with the caption “I can’t brie-leave how good this is!!!”. There is no brie in this sandwich.2017 December 15, Ruby Lott-Lavigna, “I Spent a Day Eating at the Most Instagrammable Restaurants of 2017”, in VICE

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Brie

Brie

  1. (historical) A region in northern France.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Brie

Brie

  1. A female given name.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Brie

Brie

  1. A surname.

brie meaning in Bengali, Odia, Arabic and Persian

brie in Bengali

ব্রাই

brie in Odia

ବ୍ରାଇ

brie in Arabic

mild French cheese
بْرِي brī

brie in Persian

mild French cheese
بری bri

Forms of brie

pluralbries

Origin of brie

Borrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.

From French Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of brie.

A shortening of Brianna.

Words formed from brie

Words that rhyme with brie

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Questions about brie

What does brie mean?
Brie means an originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
What is brie in Bengali?
Brie in Bengali is ব্রাই. See Brie meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is brie?
Brie can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brie?
Brie is pronounced /bɹiː/.
What is the plural of brie?
The plural of brie is bries.

Words near brie in the dictionary

  1. Bridport dagger
  2. Bridport daggers
  3. Bridstow
  4. Bridwell
  5. Bridwells
  6. brie
  7. brief
  8. brief against
  9. brief case
  10. brief cases
  11. brief-bag

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brie (page history and authors); Brie (page history and authors); brie (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); brie (Odia, 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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