brio
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian brio (“finesse, talent”), from Spanish brío, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brīgos.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbɹiːoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːoʊ
Noun
[edit]brio (uncountable)
- Vigour or vivacity.
- 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, Part II Chapter I:
- He lay tossing restlessly on a dirty old straw palliasse, and was in great pain; but greeted his friend with a dash of the old brio.
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- And as if to undermine their authority still further, Welsh Philpott in his innocence has made the error of placing Rick beside the pulpit in the very spot from which in the past he has read us the day's lesson with such brio and persuasion.
Translations
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[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French brie, named after Brie, France, from Gaulish *briga (“hill”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brio (accusative singular brion, plural brioj, accusative plural briojn)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brio m (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “brio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from (or related to) the same stratum of Old Occitan briu (“wild”), from Gaulish *brīgos (“strength”), from Proto-Celtic *brīgos (“importance”). Compare Sicilian sbriguni, Spanish brío.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brio m (plural brii)
Descendants
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[edit]Old Galician-Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *brīgos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]brio m
- pride, dignity
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Don Gonçalo, pois queredes ir d’aqui pera Sevilha:
- E hūa cousa sei eu deuos / E tenho pʳ muj gram brio / E poren uolo iuro muita fⁱmas e affio / q̄ senpre auedes amorreg em juu’no ē istio
- And a thing I know of you / And which I have great pride, / And therefore I swear to you firmly and uninterruptedly / that you will die in winter or in summer.
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Don Gonçalo, pois queredes ir d’aqui pera Sevilha:
- bravery
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, O genete:
- Vi coteifes de gran brio / eno meio do estio / estar tremendo sen frio / ant’os mouros d’Azamor […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, O genete:
Descendants
[edit]Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *brīw (“mash, porridge”).
Noun
[edit]brīo m
- mash (as in mashed potatoes).
Descendants
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese brio. Possibly from Spanish brío (“vigour”), from Old Occitan briu (“wild”), from Proto-Celtic *brīgos. Compare Galician brío.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -iu
- Hyphenation: bri‧o
Noun
[edit]brio m (plural brios)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:brio.
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