English Explanatory Dictionary

barmbrack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins.

Word forms

barmbrack barmbracks barm brack brambrack

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.

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