braise

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹeɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophones: brays, braize

Etymology 1

From French braise (“live coals”) and braiser (“to braise”, from the noun), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). Perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.

Alternative forms

• braize (dated)

Noun

braise (plural braises)

1. Alternative spelling of braze
2. A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.

   Pot roast is typically a braise, as is osso buco.

3. A sauce used for braising.

   Braised cabbage is cooked in a braise of sliced bacon, one or two thickly sliced onions, one or two sliced carrots, parsley, thyme, a bay leaf, and stock to nearly cover.

Verb

braise (third-person singular simple present braises, present participle braising, simple past and past participle braised)

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1. (cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
2. Alternative spelling of braze (joining non-ferrous metal using a molten filler metal)

Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

braise (plural braises)

1. Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)

Synonyms

• (Pagellus bogaraveo): becker

References

• Pagellus centrodontus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pagellus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “braise”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “braise”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Baiers, Serbia, braies, rabies, rebias

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bresze, from Old French breze (“ember, burning coal, gleed”), perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Swedish brasa (“to roast”), Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”).

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• IPA^(key): /bʁɛz/

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Noun

braise f (plural braises)

1. (singular or plural) embers
   • 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎:

     Des monceaux de messages racistes, antisémites, misogynes ou homophobes s’étalent en permanence sur les réseaux sociaux, générés par des individus, mais aussi par des automates, soufflant sur les braises et semant le désordre à grande échelle.

     Mountains of racist, antisemitic, misogynistic and homophobic messages are permanently visible on social media, generated by people, but also by bots, fanning the flames and causing chaos on a vast scale.

2. (slang) cash, dough

Derived terms

• chaud comme la braise

Further reading

• “braise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• abries, baiser, braies

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

braise f (genitive singular braise)

1. brashness, flippancy

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

braise

1. inflection of bras (“great, strong; swift”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Further reading

• Entries containing “braise” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

References

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