bras

See also: BRAS, braś, brâs, Brás, Braś, and -bras

English

Noun

bras

  1. plural of bra

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”): (compare Cornish bras (“big, great”), broas, and Welsh bras (“fat, broad, rich”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁaz/

Adjective

bras (comparative brasoc'h, superlative brasañ, exclamative brasat)

  1. big

Burushaski

Noun

bras

  1. rice

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • broas (Revived Late Cornish)
  • brâs (Standard Cornish)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras

  1. big, great

Mutation

French

Etymology

From Middle French bras, from Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Displaced Old French feminine noun brace, ultimately from the same Latin and Ancient Greek roots.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁɑ/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ
  • Hyphenation: bras

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

  1. arm

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /praːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)

  1. soldering

Declension

Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras (genitive singular masculine brais, genitive singular feminine braise, plural brasa, comparative braise)

  1. (literary) great, strong
  2. (literary) swift
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

bras m (genitive singular brais, nominative plural brais)

  1. Alternative form of prás (“brass”)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bras bhras mbras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

  1. arm

Descendants

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm

Old French

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

bras m (oblique plural bras, nominative singular bras, nominative plural bras)

  1. arm

Descendants

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English brush.

Noun

bras

  1. brush
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