Meanings
brie1
plural bries
- countableuncountableAn originally French variety of soft cheese made from cow's milk.
And your socks smell of angels / But your life smells of brie
1996, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Don't Marry Her”, in Blue Is the Colour, performed by The Beautiful South1 more example
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
Brie2
Brie3
- A female given name.
Brie4
- A surname.
Origin
brie · noun
- Proto-Celtic*brigā“hill, fortress”
- Gaulish*brigā
- Frenchbrie
- Englishbrie
Borrowed from French brie, after the region of Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of Brie; see also Bourgogne.
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Full word history & related roots →Brie · proper noun
- Proto-Celtic*brigā“hill, fortress”
- Gaulish*brigā
- FrenchBrie
- EnglishBrie
From French Brie, from Gaulish *brigā, from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”). Doublet of brie.
More words from French, Gaulish, Proto-Celtic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بْرِي
- بْرِي (brī)mild French cheese
Bulgarian бри
- бри (bri)mild French cheese
Chinese Mandarin 布利乾酪 /布利干酪, 布利奶酪
- 布利乾酪 /布利干酪 (bùlì gānlào)mild French cheese
- 布利奶酪 (bùlì nǎilào)mild French cheese
- 布利乳酪 (bùlì rǔlào)mild French cheese
- 布里乳酪 (bùlǐ rǔlào)mild French cheese
Dutch brie
- briemild French cheese
Esperanto brio
- briomild French cheese
Finnish brie, briejuusto
- briemild French cheese
- briejuustomild French cheese
French brie
- briemild French cheese
German Brie
- Briemild French cheese
Greek μπρι
- μπρι (bri)mild French cheese
Hebrew ברי
- בריmild French cheese
Japanese ブリー, ブリーチーズ
- ブリー (burī)mild French cheese
- ブリーチーズ (burīchīzu)mild French cheese
Korean 브리, 브리 치즈
- 브리 (beuri)mild French cheese
- 브리 치즈 (beuri chijeu)mild French cheese
Māori pirī
- pirīmild French cheese
Persian بری
- بری (bri)mild French cheese
Polish brie
- briemild French cheese
Portuguese brie
- briemild French cheese
Romanian brie
- briemild French cheese
Russian бри
- бри (bri)mild French cheese
Spanish brie
- briemild French cheese
Ukrainian брі
- брі (bri)mild French cheese
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with brie
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Cite this entry
brie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brie
“brie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brie. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brie.
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