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Most Common Breton Words
Brezhoneg
Essential Breton vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| den | person / man | DEN |
| maouez | woman | MAO-ez |
| bugel | child | BU-gel |
| ti | house | TEE |
| dour | water | DOOR |
| boued | food | BOO-ed |
| douar | earth / land | DOO-ar |
| mor | sea | MOR |
| menez | mountain | MEN-ez |
| koad | forest / wood | KOAD |
| heol | sun | HE-ol |
| noz | night | NOZ |
| deiz | day | DEIZ |
| tiegezh | family | TIEH-gez |
| yezh | language | YEZH |
| karantez | love | ka-RAN-tez |
| sonerezh | music | SON-er-ezh |
| peoc'h | peace | PEOCH |
| kalon | heart | KA-lon |
| bloaz | year | BLOAZ |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| mont | to go | MONT |
| dont | to come | DONT |
| debriñ | to eat | DEB-rin |
| evañ | to drink | EV-an |
| kousket | to sleep | KOOS-ket |
| gwelout | to see | GWEL-oot |
| klevet | to hear | KLEV-et |
| komz | to speak / talk | KOMZ |
| bezañ | to be | BEZ-an |
| karout | to love / like | KAR-oot |
| labourat | to work | lab-OO-rat |
| reiñ | to give | REIN |
| kemer | to take | KEM-er |
| sellet | to look / watch | SEL-et |
| soñjal | to think | SON-jal |
| kompren | to understand | KOM-pren |
| sevel | to stand / rise | SEV-el |
| azezañ | to sit | a-ZEZ-an |
| redek | to run | RED-ek |
| c'hoari | to play | HOAR-i |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| bras | big / large | BRAS |
| bihan | small / little | BI-han |
| mat | good | MAT |
| fall | bad | FAL |
| nevez | new | NEV-ez |
| kozh | old | KOZ |
| gwenn | white | GWEN |
| du | black | DU |
| ruz | red | RUZ |
| glas | blue / green / grey | GLAS |
| hir | long | HEER |
| berr | short | BER |
| pouez | heavy | POO-ez |
| skañv | light / easy | SKANV |
| tañva | fast | TAN-va |
| paour | poor / slow | PAOOR |
| kreñv | strong | KRENV |
| tomm | hot / warm | TOM |
| yen | cold | YEN |
| kaer | beautiful | KAIR |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| bremañ | now | BREM-an |
| dec'h | yesterday | DECH |
| warc'hoazh | tomorrow | war-CHOAZ |
| amañ | here | a-MAN |
| aze | there | A-ze |
| ya | yes | YA |
| nann | no | NAN |
| ivez | also / too | I-vez |
| mes | but | MES |
| ha | and | HA |
| tre | very | TRE |
| c'hoazh | again / still / yet | CHOAZ |
| alies | often | a-LIES |
| bepred | always | BEP-red |
| a-wechoù | sometimes | a-WE-choo |
| neuze | then / so | NEU-ze |
| evel-se | like that / thus | EV-el-se |
| evel-mañ | like this | EV-el-man |
| marteze | perhaps / maybe | mar-TE-ze |
| hañval | seemingly / apparently | HAN-val |