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Breton
1[b
noun
Իé 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
Jules Adolphe 1827–1906, French painter.
Breton
2[bret-n, b
noun
a native or inhabitant of Brittany.
Also called Armorican.Also called Armoric.the Celtic language of Brittany.
(often lowercase)a round hat for women, with a flat crown and a turned-up brim.
adjective
pertaining to Brittany, the Bretons, or their language.
Breton
1/ ˈbrɛtən, əɔ̃ /
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of Brittany, its people, or their language
noun
a native or inhabitant of Brittany, esp one who speaks the Breton language
the indigenous language of Brittany, belonging to the Brythonic subgroup of the Celtic family of languages
Breton
2/ əɔ̃ /
noun
Իé (ɑ̃dre). 1896–1966, French poet and art critic: founder and chief theorist of surrealism, publishing the first surrealist manifesto in 1924
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
On the voyage he became friends with one of the founders of surrealism, novelist and theorist Իé Breton.
Not for the tourists, who stay central in search of golden-hour boulevards, bakeries and Breton stripes.
The 72-year-old mother and grandmother, her hair styled into a neat bob, wears colourful dresses and Breton tops.
Lookers-on included a small, enthusiastic group of tourists from the northwestern French region of Brittany, where the ship’s homeport of Nantes is, waving French and Breton flags.
According to Ms Vestager, the investigation will take around 12 months to complete -though Mr Breton later clarified it could take slightly longer.
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