bram

Uncertain. Compare Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhnà, “reddish, yellow”), Proto-Slavic *bro(d)nъ (“colored”),^[1] perhaps pointing to Proto-Indo-European *bʰredʰ-n/m- and therefore Proto-Albanian *bradma, though these cognates have had other proposed etymologies. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

bram m (plural bramë, definite brami, definite plural bramët)

1. residue, scoria, rust, ear-wax

   Synonym: shtradh

Deverbal from bramar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

bram m (plural brams)

1. bray
   • 2016, Sara Cano Fernández, Els empollons contraataquen:

     Però, soprenentment, el que va sortir de la boca de la Vella no va ser un dels seus típics xiscles rebentatimpans, sinó una riallada bastant semblant a un bram.

     But, surprisingly, what came out of the mouth of the Old Woman wasn't one of her typical ear-splitting screams but rather a guffaw quite similar to a bray.

2. roar

• “bram”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “bram”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “bram” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bram” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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bram

1. (obsolete) boastfulness, boasting, something used to boast with
   • 1832, Archiv for historie og geographie, page 129:

     Men desuagtet kunde mange Tilskuere , og selv saadanne, som ingen forfængelig Bram skuffer, ikke undertrykke en vis indvortes Bevægelse ved Synet af den Glands, der omstraaler den hellige Peters Stol ...

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   • 1897, Christian Hostrup, Breve fra og till C. Hostrup:

     ... en stille besindig Mand uden Spor af Bram, ikke af mange Ord ...

     ... a quiet, mindful man without a trace of boastfulness, not of many words ...

   • 1747, Speculum vita︠e︡ aulica︠e︡, eller, Den fordanskede Reynike Foss: hvori under dyrenes og andre forblummede navne moraliseres over det menniskelige levnet i almindelighed og hof-levnet i saerdelshed ..., page 460:

     ... de byde os til Giest , og lade os see deres Brask, Bram og Pral, ...

     ... they invite us as their guests, and let us see their boasting, boasting and boasting, ...

   • 1829, Maanedsskrift for litteratur, page 161:

     Vi ville troe Forfatteren paa hans Ord, at Elisabeth hadede al ydre Bram, ...

     We would believe the author on his word, that Elisabeth hated all outer splendour, ...

• med brask og bram (not obsolete)

From Sicilian bromu (“jellyfish”), from Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “shipworm”). Compare Italian bruma, Spanish broma. The Sicilian may have been influenced by Latin pulmo (“jellyfish”, literally “lung”).

• IPA^(key): /braːm/

bram m (collective, singulative brama, paucal bramiet)

1. jellyfish

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bram ?

1. Used exclusively in the expression med brask og bram.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbram/
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: bram

bram f

1. genitive plural of brama

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bram c

1. (slang) bro (when addressing someone, especially a close male friend)

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