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# brie

«brie» in Mova's school dictionary: **A soft, creamy French cheese with a white, soft rind…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (brie — uncountable; Brie)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A soft, creamy French cheese with a white, soft rind, originally from the Brie region near Paris. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brie/#m1)

2) (a name) Brie is also a region of France. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brie/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life brie is eaten with bread or crackers; it is served at parties and picnics. In French lessons it is one of many famous cheeses (camembert, roquefort). Safety: pregnant women are often told to avoid soft cheeses like brie.

### examples

- We had brie and grapes at the picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brie/#x1)
- Brie has a soft white rind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brie/#x2)
- Dad cut a slice of brie for his sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brie/#x3)
- Brie comes from France. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brie/#x4)
- The brie was so ripe it was runny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brie/#x5)
- My little brother doesn't like the smell of brie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brie/#x6)

### note

Say «bree». Can be written with a capital B because it comes from a place name. Uncountable: «some brie», «a piece of brie». You can eat the white rind.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.