Beret

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of beret.
   alt-of, alternative
2. A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

Equivalents

27 more languages

العربيةالبيريهقلنسوة

Българскибарета

Catalàboina

Češtinabaretrádiovka

Ελληνικάμπερές

Esperantobireto

Euskaratxapel

Suomibaretti

Gaeilgebeire

עבריתכומתה

Magyarsvájcisapka

Íslenskaalpahúfa

Italianobasco

日本語ベレーベレー帽

한국어베레베레모

Kurdîberêberebêrêtî

Nederlandsbaret

Polskiberetnaleśnik

Portuguêsboina

Românăberetă

Русскийберет

Shqipberetë

Svenskabasker

Kiswahilibereti

Türkçebere

Українськаберет

Tiếng Việtmũ bê-rêmũ nồi

Examples

“The béret, heretofore peculiar to the Latin Quarter and the head of Jean Borotra, has now been seen on the Prince of Wales and General Trotter. Telegraphic dispatches from Biarritz reported that the two men were observed on the golf course ‘wearing bérets adjusted at exactly the right angle.’”

“By the older villagers the whole idea is looked upon as nothing less than madness, and is classed by them with the wearing of bérets by young men, the drawing of the “idle money,” and the carrying of a comb with which to smooth back a cascade of hair that otherwise might interfere⟳ seriously with its owner’s vision.”

“For school and sport wear⟳, bérets and caps have⟳ superseded more conventional forms of headdress for boys and girls alike.”

“Youth and agility characterize the white-clad figures wearing bérets and Basque sandals.”

“The Mülhauser Tagblatt, official Nazi daily paper for Upper Alsace, April, 1941: “Kreisleiter Murer took the opportunity to deliver⟳ a last⟳ warning to the few still living in Mülhaus who do not want⟳ to learn⟳. It is that small clique of people who . . . walk⟳ about wearing bérets and converse in French. We can compel these people, and if they do not mend⟳ their ways, we can compel them more quickly than they expect⟳. Müilhaus is a German town, and in a German town there is no room for people who do not want⟳ to be German.””

“They were surrounded by men and boys wearing bérets who, armed with cudgels, their aspect fierce and determined, clamoured in unison, “Death to Daladier!””

““Hunters,” Armando says. / “Not so sure,” Paul replies. “Look⟳ how they’re dressed. Too neat and not outfitted for the cold. They’re wearing bérets, for God’s sake. Hunting? That dog’s a herder, not a hunting dog. They have⟳ a rifle. That doesn’t bother you?””

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