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Brice

Brice

See also: brice

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Brice

  1. A male given name.
  2. A patronymic surname.
  3. A village in Ohio.

References

  • Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin Bri(c)tius, Bricius, possibly from Gaulish Briccus, *Brikkos, from Proto-Celtic *brikkos (speckled). The name of a 5th-century French saint.

Proper noun

Brice

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Brice.
  2. A patronymic surname.

brice

brice

See also: Brice and bríce

Irish

Adjective

brice

  1. genitive feminine singular of breac
  2. comparative degree of breac

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
brice bhrice mbrice
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprʲiʰkʰʲə/

Adjective

brice

  1. comparative degree of breac