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bread

Pronunciation: /bræ͜ɑːd/

“bread” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bit, piece, morsel, crumb
  2. bread (foodstuff)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, whence also Old Frisian brād (West Frisian brea), Old Saxon brōd (German Low German Broot, Brot), Dutch brood, Old High German brōt (German Brot), Old Norse brauð and Icelandic brauð (Swedish bröd).

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