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bretonner

French, verb/bʁə.tɔ.ne/

bretonner is spelled B-R-E-T-O-N-N-E-R (9 letters). Bretonner is a French verb meaning “to talk or speak Breton” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Parler breton”.

What does bretonner mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to talk or speak Breton

  2. 2

    to talk or speak incomprehensibly

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Parler breton. 2. Parler de façon incompréhensible. 3. Parler français avec des tournures bretonnes.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bretonner

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • bretonnant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • bretonné participle past
  • bretonne first-person indicative present
  • bretonnes indicative present second-person
  • bretonnons first-person indicative plural
  • bretonnez indicative plural present
  • bretonnent indicative plural present
  • bretonnais first-person imperfect indicative
  • bretonnait imperfect indicative singular
  • bretonnions first-person imperfect indicative
  • bretonniez imperfect indicative plural
  • bretonnaient imperfect indicative plural
  • bretonnai first-person historic indicative
  • bretonnas historic indicative past
  • bretonna historic indicative past
  • bretonnâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bretonner?

  • /bʁə.tɔ.ne/
  • \bʁə.tɔ.ne\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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