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See also: BRA, brá, brà, Brá, -bra, and brå

Translingual

Symbol

bra

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Braj.

English

bra

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Pronunciation

  • enPR: brä, IPA(key): /bɹɑː/
  • (Ireland, Ottawa Valley): IPA(key): /bɹæ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

Clipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium (“forearm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “forearm”), from Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús (“short”) (because the forearm is shorter than the upper arm), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

  1. An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
    • 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:
      Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.
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Etymology 2

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From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

  1. (physics) One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket.
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Etymology 3

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”).

Noun

bra (plural bras)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of bro; friend, mate
    Take it easy, bra!
    • 2009, Todd Johnson, Influence:
      “Famalam, I ain't even gon lie to ya man, I am super happy to be finally maxing out on parole my real. This violation was definitely a reality check Bra!” Influence replied to his comrade.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English bra.

Pronunciation

Noun

bra (plural bra's)

  1. bra, brassiere
  2. (Cape Afrikaans) bro, brah, bruh

Cebuano

Etymology

From English bra, shortened from brassiere, from French brassière.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bra

Noun

bra

  1. a bra; a brassiere

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bra.

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bra

  1. arrow

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bra

  1. arm

Khotanese

Adjective

bra

  1. dear

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Vulgar Latin *bracium, from Classical Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

bra m (plural bras)

  1. (Sark, anatomy) arm

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French brave.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bra (indeclinable, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

  1. good, fine

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Adverb

bra

  1. well

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French brave.

Adjective

bra (indeclinable, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

  1. good, fine

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Scots

Etymology 1

Borrowed from braf (“good, brave”); from Low German brav; from French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo.

Adjective

bra (comparative mair bra, superlative maist bra)

  1. Very good or agreeable.

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from bra, shortened from brassiere.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

  1. An item of underwear worn to support the breasts.

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Swedish

Etymology

Since at least 1621, from braf (“good, brave”); from Low German brav; from French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

  1. good (having pleasing or suitable qualities)
    Synonym: (jocular, childish) braig
    en bra film
    a good movie
    – Ska vi måla den blå? – Ja, det blir bra.
    – Should we paint it blue? – Yeah, that'll be good.
    Han är bra på tennis
    He is good at tennis
    Hon är en bra människa
    She is a (morally) good person (see the usage notes below)
  2. healthy or recovered (from an illness or injury or the like), well
    Jag är inte riktigt bra i benet än
    My leg hasn't quite recovered yet ("I'm not quite well in the leg yet")
    – Känner du dig bättre idag? – Ja, men inte helt bra.
    – Are you feeling better today? – Yeah, but not completely well.
  3. quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
    Synonym: (often a bit old-fashioned, but idiomatic in some cases where "bra" is not) god
    Det här kommer ta ett bra tag
    This is going to take a good while
    Det är en bra bit att åka
    It's quite a distance to drive
    De tjänade en bra slant
    They made a pretty penny ("made a sizable coin," "tjäna en slant" is idiomatic)

Usage notes

  • "Good" as in morally good is more specifically god, but some overlap occurs since someone morally good can also be considered to have good qualities (be considered to be a "good kind of person").
  • In informal (often jocular or childish) contexts, bäst may be inflected further and given the comparative bästare (bester) and the superlative bästast, bästaste (bestest); these forms are also nonstandard.

Declension

Inflection of bra
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bra bättre bäst
Neuter singular bra bättre bäst
Plural bra bättre bäst
Masculine plural3 bra bättre bäst
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bra bättre bäste
All bra bättre bästa
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Adverb

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

  1. well
    Mår du bra?
    Are you feeling well? / Are you okay?
    Han spelade bra idag
    He played well today
  2. a good deal, quite (to quite a large extent or degree)
    Rattfylla är bra mycket vanligare bland män
    Drunk driving is a good deal more common among men
    Den där älgen är bra stor!
    That moose is quite the big one!
    Filmen var bra kass
    The movie was quite the stinker
    bra dålig
    substantially bad (literally also "good bad")

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English bra.

Pronunciation

Noun

bra (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇ)

  1. brassiere; bra
    Synonym: (uncommon) salungso

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Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾɔː/, /bɾɔːv/

Adjective

bra

  1. brave, pretty well
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:
      Many a bra draught by Tommeen was ee-maate;
      Many a brave stroke by Tommy was made;

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 27

Zazaki

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Persian برادر (barâdar).

Noun

bra

  1. brother
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