biret

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech biret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (large hooded cloak), from Gaulish *birros (short cloak), from Proto-Celtic *birros (short). First attested in 1405.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /birɛt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /birɛt/

Noun

biret m animacy unattested

  1. kind of cap (headwear)
    • 1902 [1405], “Wybór zapisek sądowych grodzkich i ziemskich wielkopolskich z XV wieku”, in Franciszek Piekosiński, editor, Studia, rozprawy i materiały z dziedziny historii polskiej i prawa polskiego, volume 6, Greater Poland, page 252:
      Yacosm ne wszanl chøszebnø rzeczø panczi *krziwen y bireta Ianowi Gelenewi
      [Jakośm nie wziął chąsiebną rzeczą piąci grzywien i bireta Janowi Jeleniewi]

Descendants

  • Polish: biret

References

Polish

biret akademicki (sense 1.1)
Biret księży (sense 1.2)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish biret, from Old Czech biret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (large hooded cloak), from Gaulish *birros (short cloak), from Proto-Celtic *birros (short).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.rɛt/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈbi.rɛt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -irɛt
  • Syllabification: bi‧ret

Noun

biret m inan

  1. square hat
    1. mortarboard
      profesorski biretprofessor's mortarboard
      biret doktorskidoctor's mortarboard
      biret sędziowskijudge's mortarboard
      akademickie biretyacademic mortarboards
      gimnazjalne biretymiddle school mortarboards
      studenckie biretystudents' mortarboards
      uczniowskie biretypupils' mortarboards
      biret doktora honoris causadoktor honoris causa's/onorary doctorate's/honorary doctor's mortarboards
      absolwenci w biretachgraduates in mortarboards
      młodzież w biretachyouth in mortarboards
    2. (Roman Catholicism) biretta
      księży biretpriest's biretta
      biret kapłańskipriest's biretta
      królewski biretroyal biretta
      biret kardynalskicardinal's biretta
      biret księdzapriest's biretta
      biret z pomponembiretta with a pompom
      pompon biretubiretta's pompom
      kapłan/ksiądz w bireciepriest in a biretta

Declension

Further reading

  • biret in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • biret in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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