bras
English
Noun
bras
- plural of bra
Anagrams
- ABRs, ARBs, BARS, arbs, bars, sbar
Bislama
Etymology 1
From English brush.
Noun
bras
- brush
Etymology 2
From English brass.
Noun
bras
- (music) brass
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)
- big
- Antonym: bihan
Mutation
| Breton consonant mutation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
| simple form | bras | vras | never occurs | never occurs |
| comparative | brasoc'h | vrasoc'h | never occurs | never occurs |
| superlative | brasañ | vrasañ | unchanged | prasañ |
Burushaski
Etymology
Uncertain, but compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice”), whence Tibetan འབྲས ('bras) and Mizo rah.
Noun
bras
- rice
Cornish
Alternative forms
- broas (Revived Late Cornish)
- brâs (Standard Cornish)
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).
Adjective
bras
- big, great
Mutation
| Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
| bras | vras | unchanged | pras | fras | vras |
Franco-Provençal
Noun
bras m
- arm
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): /bʁa/, /bʁɑ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
- (Northern France) and (Canada) IPA(key): [bʁɑ], [bʁɔ]
- Saguenay, Canada: IPA(key): [bʁɑ]
- Saguenay, Canada: IPA(key): [bʁɑ]
- Rhymes: -a, Rhymes: -ɑ
- Hyphenation: bras
Noun
bras m (plural bras)
- arm
Derived terms
- à bras-le-corps
- à bras ouverts
- à bras raccourcis
- arrière-bras
- à tour de bras
- avant-bras
- avoir le bras long
- avoir quelque chose sur les bras
- baisser les bras
- bras cassé
- bras de fer
- bras de mer
- bras dessus, bras dessous
- bras d’honneur (bras d'honneur)
- bras droit
- bras mort
- brassage
- brassard
- brasse
- bras séculier
- brasser
- brasserole
- brassière
- clé de bras
- clef de bras
- coûter un bras
- dans les bras de Morphée
- dessous de bras
- embrasser
- en bras de chemise
- fier-à-bras
- jouer les gros bras
- jouer petit bras
- les bras m'en tombent
- long comme le bras
- petit bras
- rester les bras croisés
- se croiser les bras
- tendre les bras
Descendants
- → Russian: бра (bra)
Further reading
- “bras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bars
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /praːs/
- Rhymes: -aːs
Noun
bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)
- soldering
Declension
| n-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bras | brasið |
| accusative | bras | brasið |
| dative | brasi | brasinu |
| genitive | brass | brassins |
Related terms
- brasa
Irish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).
Adjective
bras (genitive singular masculine brais, genitive singular feminine braise, plural brasa, comparative braise)
- (literary) great, strong
- (literary) swift
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bras | bhras | brasa; bhrasa² | |
| Vocative | bhrais | brasa | ||
| Genitive | brase | brasa | bras | |
| Dative | bras; bhras¹ | bhras; bhrais (archaic) | brasa; bhrasa² | |
| Comparative | níos brase | |||
| Superlative | is brase | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
bras m (genitive singular brais, nominative plural brais)
- Alternative form of prás (“brass”)
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
|
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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English bræs; further origin uncertain.
Alternative forms
- braas, brace, brass, brasse, bres
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bras/
Noun
bras (uncountable)
- brass (copper alloy)
- copper (element Cu)
- (rare) molten copper
Descendants
- English: brass
- Scots: bress
- → Irish: prás
- → Scottish Gaelic: pràis
References
- “bras, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
bras
- Alternative form of brace
Verb
bras
- Alternative form of bracen
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).
Noun
bras m (plural bras)
- arm
Descendants
- French: bras
Norman
Alternative forms
- brâs (continental Normandy)
- bra (Sark)
Etymology
From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun
bras m (plural bras)
- (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm
Related terms
- braichie (“armful”)
Old French
Etymology
From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).
Noun
bras m (oblique plural bras, nominative singular bras, nominative plural bras)
- arm
Descendants
- Middle French: bras
- French: bras
- Norman: bras
Old Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Doublet of wĕas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bras/
Noun
bras
- husked rice
- Synonym: wĕas
Alternative forms
- bĕras
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦧꦼꦫꦱ꧀ (beras)
- → Balinese: ᬩᭂᬭᬲ᭄ (beras)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French brasse.
Noun
bras n (plural brasuri)
- breaststroke
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) bras | brasul | (niște) brasuri | brasurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) bras | brasului | (unor) brasuri | brasurilor |
| vocative | brasule | brasurilor | ||
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English brush.
Noun
bras
- brush
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”). Cognate with Breton bras, Cornish bras, Irish bras.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /braːs/
- Rhymes: -aːs
Adjective
bras (feminine singular bras, plural breision, equative brased, comparative brasach, superlative brasaf)
- large, thick, fat
- rough, coarse
- rough, approximate
- (letter) capital
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| bras | fras | mras | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bras”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies