bra

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

English

bra

Pronunciation

enPR: brä, IPA^(key): /bɹɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

Shortened from brassiere.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

Clipping of brassiere. [from 1920s]

Derived terms

Translations

brassiere

Afrikaans: bra (af)
Albanian: gjimbajtëse f
Arabic: حَمَّالَة صَدْر‎‎ f (ḥammālat ṣadr), مِشَدّ صَدْر‎‎ m (mišadd ṣadr)
Armenian: կրծկալ (hy) (krckal), լիֆչիկ (hy) (lifčʿik)
Asturian: apertador m, sostén m
Azerbaijani: lifçik, büstqalter
Bashkir: күкрәксә (kükräksä)
Basque: bularretako (eu)
Belarusian: бюстга́льтар m (bjusthálʹtar), ста́нік m (stánik), лі́фчык m (lífčyk)
Bengali: বক্ষবন্ধনী (bôkkhôbôndhôni), কাচুলি (kaculi), ব্রা (bra)
Bulgarian: сутие́н (bg) m (sutién)
Burmese: ဘရာစီယာ (my) (bha.raciya)
Catalan: sostenidor m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奶罩 (zh) (nǎizhào), 胸罩 (zh) (xiōngzhào)

Min Nan: 奶帕仔 (ling-phè-á/ni-phè-á)
Czech: podprsenka (cs) f
Danish: brystholder (da), bh (da) c, (underwired bra) bøjle-bh c
Dutch: bustehouder (nl) m, beha (nl) m
Esperanto: mamzono
Estonian: rinnahoidja (et)
Finnish: rintaliivit (fi) pl
French: soutien-gorge (fr) m, (popular) soutif (fr), (dated) brassière (fr) f
Georgian: ლიფი (lipi), აზღუდი (azɣudi), ბიუსტჰალტერი (biusṭhalṭeri)
German: Büstenhalter (de) m, (abbreviation) BH (de) m, (colloquial) Busenhalter m
Greek: στηθόδεσμος (el) m (stithódesmos)
Hebrew: חֲזִיָה \ חזייה‎‎ (he) f (khaziyá)
Hindi: ब्रेजिअर (brejiar), ब्रा (brā), अँगिया (hi) f (ãgiyā), ब्रेजियर (brejiyar)
Hungarian: melltartó (hu)
Icelandic: brjóstahaldari
Indonesian: kutang (id), beha (id)
Irish: cíochbheart (ga) m
Italian: reggiseno (it) m, reggipetto (it) m
Japanese: ブラ (bura), ブラジャー (burajā), 乳押さえ (ちちおさえ, chichiosae)
Kazakh: лифчик (lïfçïk)
Khmer: អាវទ្រនាប់ (ʾaawtrɔɔnŏəp), អាវស៊ូជាង (ʾaawsuuciəng)
Korean: 브래지어 (ko) (beuraejieo), 브라 (beura)
Kyrgyz: лифчик (lifçik)
Lao: ເສື້ອຊ້ອນ (lo) (sư̄a sǭn)
Latin: strophium n
Latvian: krūšturis m
Lithuanian: liemenėlė f
Luxembourgish: Soutien m
Macedonian: гра́дник m (grádnik), пр́слук m (pŕsluk)
Malay: bra, coli

Manx: coodagh keeagh
Maori: pari
Mongolian: хөхний даруулга (höhnij daruulga)
Ngazidja Comorian: katshiri
Norman: brâssiéthe f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brystholder m, bysteholder m, behå m, BH (no) m, bh m

Nynorsk: brysthaldar m, bystehaldar m, behå m, BH (no) m
Persian: پستان بند‎‎ (fa) (pestân band), سوتین‎‎ (fa) (sutiyan)
Polish: biustonosz (pl) m, stanik (pl) m
Portuguese: sutiã (pt) m
Romanian: sutien (ro) n
Russian: бюстга́льтер (ru) m (bjustgálʹter), ли́фчик (ru) m (lífčik)
Rwanda-Rundi: isutiye
Scottish Gaelic: uchd-aodach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: грудњак m

Roman: grudnjak (sh) m
Silesian: lojbik m
Sinhalese: තනපට (tanapaṭa)
Slovak: podprsenka (sk) f
Slovene: nedrček (sl) m
Spanish: ajustador m (Cuba), brasier m (Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico), corpiño m (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), sostén (es) m (now especially Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela), soutien m (Uruguay), sujetador m (Spain)
Swahili: sindiria (sw), kanchiri (sw)
Swedish: behå (sv), bh (sv) c, bysthållare, brösthållare
Tagalog: bra (tl)
Tajik: лифчик (lifčik)
Tamil: மார்புக்கச்சை (mārpukkaccai)
Tatar: күкрәкчә (tt) (kükräqçä)
Telugu: బ్రా (te) (brā)
Thai: ยกทรง (th) (yók-song)
Tibetan: ནུ་ཤུབ། (nu shub)
Tok Pisin: banis bilong susu
Turkish: sütyen (tr), sutyen (tr)
Turkmen: göwüslik, lifçik
Ukrainian: бюстга́льтер (uk) m (bjusthálʹter), лі́фчик m (lífčyk), ста́ник m (stányk)
Urdu: برا‎‎ (brā), بریجِئر‎‎ (breji'ar)
Uyghur: لىپتىك‎‎ (liptik)
Uzbek: siynaband (uz), ko'krakpech, lifchik (uz)
Vietnamese: xu-chiêng, xu chiêng (vi), nịt vú (regional)
Volapük: dögipolian, dögistütian
Welsh: bra m, bras (cy) m pl
West Frisian: boarststipe, beha
Yiddish: סטאַניק‎‎ (stanik)
Zazaki: sıtyen

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bra (plural bras)

(physics) One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the other being the ket.

Antonyms

ket

Related terms

bra-ket notation

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

brah
bro
bruh
See also: bruv

Noun

bra (plural bras)

(slang) friend
Take it easy, bra!
(slang) female version of bro

Anagrams

ABR, ARB, Arb., Bar, Bar., Rab, abr., arb, bar, bar-

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bras (“arm”)

Noun

bra

arm

Norman

Alternative forms

brâs (continental Normandy)
bras (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

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

Noun

bra m (plural bras)

(Sark, anatomy) arm

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French brave.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɾɑː/

Adjective

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

good, fine

Derived terms

kjempebra

Adverb

bra

well

References

“bra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French brave.

Adjective

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

good, fine

Derived terms

kjempebra

References

“bra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

audio (file)
IPA^(key): /brɔː/

Adjective

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

good

Adverb

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

well

Yola

Adjective

bra

brave

Zazaki

Alternative forms

bira
bıra

Etymology

Compare Persian (barâdar).

Noun

bra

brother

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