Etymology

bara brith

ba·ra brith

Today it means: A Welsh yeast bread enriched with dried fruit; also, a Welsh fruitcake made with self-raising flour but no yeast. Full definition →

Welsh bara brith
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  1. Welsh · borrowed frombara brith
  2. English todaybara brith

Borrowed from Welsh bara brith (literally “speckled bread”), from bara (“bread”) + brith (“brindled, mottled, speckled”).

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