bras

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

bras

1. plural of bra

Anagrams

• ABRs, ARBs, BARS, arbs, bars, sbar

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English brush.

Noun

bras

1. brush

Etymology 2

From English brass.

Noun

bras

1. (music) brass

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”): (compare Cornish bras (“big, great”), broas, and Welsh bras (“fat, broad, rich”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁaz/

Adjective

bras (comparative brasoc'h, superlative brasañ, exclamative brasat)

1. big

   Antonym: bihan

Mutation

Cornish

Alternative forms

• broas (Revived Late Cornish)
• brâs (Standard Cornish)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras

1. big, great

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *mratom. Cognate with Welsh brad and Irish brath

Noun

bras m (plural brasow)

1. plot, conspiracy

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Welsh bras.

Noun

bras m (plural brases)

1. bunting

Derived terms

Mutation

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bras, from Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Displaced Old French feminine noun brace, ultimately from the same Latin and Ancient Greek roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa/ ~ /bʁɑ/
• (Northern France, Canada) IPA^(key): [bʁɑ], [bʁɔ]
• Rhymes: -a, -ɑ
• Hyphenation: bras

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. arm

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Russian: бра (bra)
  • → Georgian: ბრა (bra)

Further reading

• “bras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bars

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /praːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)

1. soldering

Declension

Related terms

• brasa

Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras (genitive singular masculine brais, genitive singular feminine braise, plural brasa, comparative braise)

1. (literary) great, strong
2. (literary) swift

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

bras m (genitive singular brais, nominative plural brais)

1. Alternative form of prás (“brass”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bræs; further origin uncertain.

Alternative forms

• braas, brace, brass, brasse, bres

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bras/

Noun

bras (uncountable)

1. brass (copper alloy)
2. copper (element Cu)
3. (rare) molten copper

Descendants

• English: brass
• Scots: bress
• → Irish: prás
• → Scottish Gaelic: pràis

References

• “bras, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

bras

1. Alternative form of brace

Etymology 3

Verb

bras

1. Alternative form of bracen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. arm

Descendants

• French: bras

Norman

Alternative forms

• brâs (continental Normandy)
• bra (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Pronunciation

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm

Related terms

• braichie (“armful”)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

bras oblique singular, m (oblique plural bras, nominative singular bras, nominative plural bras)

1. arm

Descendants

• Bourguignon: brai
• Champenois: brais
• Franc-Comtois: brais
• Middle French: bras
  • French: bras
• Norman: bras
• Walloon: bresse

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Doublet of wĕas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bras/

Noun

bras

1. husked rice

   Synonym: wĕas

Alternative forms

• bĕras

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦼꦫꦱ꧀ (beras)
• → Balinese: ᬩᭂᬭᬲ᭄ (beras)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brasse.

Noun

bras n (plural brasuri)

1. breaststroke

Declension

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English brush.

Noun

bras

1. brush

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”). Cognate with Breton bras, Cornish bras, Irish bras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /braːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Adjective

bras (feminine singular bras, plural breision, equative brased, comparative brasach, superlative brasaf)

1. large, thick, fat
2. rough, coarse

   Synonyms: braisg, garw

3. rough, approximate
4. (letter) capital

   Synonyms: pennog, mawr

Derived terms

• brasamcan (“approximation”)
• braslun (“sketch, outline”)
• braster (“fat”, noun)

Noun

bras m or f (plural breision)

1. bunting (bird of the genus Emberiza)

Derived terms

• bras y cyrs (“reed bunting”)
• bras melyn (“yellowhammer”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bras”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies