brama

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.ma/
• Homophones: bramas, bramât

Verb

brama

1. third-person singular past historic of bramer

Anagrams

• ambra

Galician

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: brà‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bramare (“to long, yearn for”) +‎ -a.

Noun

brama f (plural brame)

1. longing, yearning

   Synonyms: cupidigia, fame, sete, voglia

   • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 49–51; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ed una lupa, che di tutte brame ¶ sembiava carca ne la sua magrezza, ¶ e molte genti fé già viver grame,

     And a she-wolf, that with all hungerings seemed to be laden in her meagreness, ⁠and many folk has caused to live forlorn!

Derived terms

• bramoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Ambra, ambra, barma

Javanese

Noun

brama (krama ngoko brama)

1. (dialectal) fire

References

• "brama" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

Ladin

Noun

brama f (plural brames)

1. (Gherdëina) cream (of milk)

   N got de brama. ― A glass of cream.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

brama (present tense bramar, past tense brama, past participle brama, passive infinitive bramast, present participle bramande, imperative brama/bram)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bramma

Polish

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brama

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech brána, from Proto-Slavic *borna. Doublet of brona (“harrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ma/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: bra‧ma
• Homophone: Brahma

Noun

brama f (diminutive bramka)

1. gate

   Synonyms: podwoje, wrota

2. (Wrocław) stairwell

   Synonym: klatka schodowa

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Belarusian: бра́ма (bráma)
• → Ukrainian: бра́ма (bráma)

References

Further reading

• brama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
• Hyphenation: bra‧ma

Etymology 1

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾamə/

Noun

brama m

1. genitive singular of braim (“fart”)

Mutation

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾama/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: bra‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bramar, perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌽 (*bramōn), cognate with Middle Low German brammen, Old High German brëman, and Old English bremman.

Noun

brama f (plural bramas)

1. (zoology) rut, mating season

Etymology 2

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “brama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014