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barmbrack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
barm-brack
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Irish bairgen Irish bairín Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der. Proto-Celtic *brikkos Old Irish brecc Irish breac Irish bairín breacbor. English barmbrack Borrowed from Irish bairín breac.

Usage

Inflected Forms

barmbracks (plural) barm brack (alternative) brambrack (alternative)

Questions

What does barmbrack mean?
An Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins.
Where does barmbrack come from?
Etymology tree Old Irish bairgen Irish bairín Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der. Proto-Celtic *brikkos Old Irish brecc Irish breac Irish bairín breacbor. English barmbrack Borrowed from Irish bairín breac.

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