brat

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the term "brat" derives from an Early Modern English (ca. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment"; probably the same word as Old English bratt (“cloak”), which is from a Celtic source (compare Old Irish bratt (“cloak, cloth”)).

Etymology 2

Shortened from bratwurst, from German Bratwurst.

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

Anagrams

• BART, Bart, T-bar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brat/, [b̥ʁɑd̥]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse brantr, brattr. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Norwegian bratt, Swedish brant, and Old English brant, bront (English brant, brent, Scots brent).

Etymology 2

From Old Norse brattr (“steep”) and merged with Old Norse bráðr (“hasty, sudden”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“hot, in a hurry, rushed”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-, *bʰerē- (“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”).

References

• “brat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʀaːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

Verb

brat

1. Imperative singular of braten.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of braten.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [bˠɾˠɑt̪ˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): [bˠɾˠat̪ˠ]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *bratto- (compare Welsh brethyn (“cloth”), from *bratt-ino-).

Etymology 2

Mutation

References

• "brat" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “bratt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bratrъ, *bratъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun

brat m

1. brother

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brat]

Verb

brat

1. supine of braś

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bratrъ, *bratъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brat/

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Noun

brat m pers (diminutive braciszek)

1. brother
   • Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska, Mark 1:16:

     A przechadzając się nad Morzem Galilejskim, zobaczył Szymona i Andrzeja, jego brata, zarzucających sieć w morze; byli bowiem rybakami.

     As Jesus was strolling beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen

Further reading

• brat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

From Old Irish bratt, from Proto-Celtic *bratto- (compare Welsh brethyn (“cloth”), from *bratt-ino-).

Noun

brat m (genitive singular brata, plural bratan)

1. cloak, cover, covering, mantle, veil, canopy
2. mat

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bratrъ, *bratъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brât/

Noun

brȁt m (Cyrillic spelling бра̏т)

1. brother
2. mate, pal, buddy, when used in informal speech to address somebody in vocative (brate)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bratrъ, *bratъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brat/

Noun

brat m (genitive singular brata, nominative plural bratia, genitive plural bratov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. brother

Further reading

• brat in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bratrъ, *bratъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrát/
• Tonal orthography: brȁt

Noun

bràt m anim (genitive bráta, nominative plural brátje or bráti)

1. brother

Etymology

Borrowed from English brat (“spoiled child”).

Noun

brat c

1. (slang) person who is very careful about following fashion trends; someone who rarely ever acts independently but rather follows peer pressure, usually maintaining an appearance of visible wealth

Synonyms

• stekare