Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Celtic*birros“short”
- Gaulishbirrus“short cloak”
- Late Latinbirrus“large hooded cloak”
- Medieval Latinbirretum
- Old Occitanberret
- Frenchbéret
- Englishberet
Borrowed from French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans baret
- barettype of brimless cap
Arabic بِيرِيه, بُرْنَيْطَة
- بِيرِيه (bērē)type of brimless cap
- بُرْنَيْطَة (burnayṭa)type of brimless cap
- كُمَّة (kumma)type of brimless cap
- لَاطِيَّة (lāṭiyya)type of brimless cap
Basque txapel
- txapeltype of brimless cap
Bulgarian барета
- барета (bareta)type of brimless cap
Catalan boina
- boinatype of brimless cap
Chinese Mandarin 貝雷帽 /贝雷帽
- 貝雷帽 /贝雷帽 (bèiléimào)type of brimless cap
Czech baret
- barettype of brimless cap
Danish beret, baret
- berettype of brimless cap
- barettype of brimless cap
- alpehuetype of brimless cap
Dutch baret
- barettype of brimless cap
Esperanto bireto, bereto
- biretotype of brimless cap
- beretotype of brimless cap
Estonian barett
- baretttype of brimless cap
Finnish baretti, baskeri
- barettitype of brimless cap
- baskeritype of brimless cap
French béret
- bérettype of brimless cap
German Barett, Baskenmütze
- Baretttype of brimless cap
- Baskenmützetype of brimless cap
- Tellermützetype of brimless cap
Greek μπερές
- μπερές (berés)type of brimless cap
Hebrew כומתה
- כומתה (kumta)type of brimless cap
Hungarian svájcisapka, baszk sapka
- svájcisapkatype of brimless cap
- baszk sapkatype of brimless cap
Icelandic alpahúfa
- alpahúfatype of brimless cap
Irish beiré
- beirétype of brimless cap
Italian basco
- bascotype of brimless cap
Japanese ベレー帽, ベレー
- ベレー帽 (berē bō)type of brimless cap
- ベレー (berē)type of brimless cap
Korean 베레모, 베레
- 베레모 (beremo)type of brimless cap
- 베레 (bere)type of brimless cap
Latvian berete
- beretetype of brimless cap
Lithuanian beretė
- beretėtype of brimless cap
Norwegian Bokmål alpelue, beret
- alpeluetype of brimless cap
- berettype of brimless cap
Persian بره
- بره (bere)type of brimless cap
Polish beret
- berettype of brimless cap
Portuguese boina
- boinatype of brimless cap
Romanian beretă
- beretătype of brimless cap
Russian бере́т
- бере́т (berét)type of brimless cap
Spanish boina
- boinatype of brimless cap
Swahili bereti
- beretitype of brimless cap
Swedish basker
- baskertype of brimless cap
Turkish bere
- beretype of brimless cap
Ukrainian бере́т
- бере́т (berét)type of brimless cap
Vietnamese mũ nồi
- mũ nồitype of brimless cap
Welsh beret
- berettype of brimless cap
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with beret
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Cite this entry
APA
beret. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beret
MLA
“beret.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beret. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beret,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beret.
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