bras

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English [edit]

Noun [edit]

bras

  1. Plural form of bra

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Breton [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Celtic *brasso- (large) (compare Cornish bras, broas, Welsh bras (fat, broad, rich)).

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Adjective [edit]

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

  1. big

Cornish [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

  • (Revived Late Cornish) broas

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Celtic *brasso- (large).

Adjective [edit]

bras

  1. big, great

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Vulgar Latin *bracium, from Classical Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhiōn). Displaced Old French feminine noun brace, ultimately from the same Latin and Ancient Greek roots.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /bʁa/, X-SAMPA: /bRa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: bras

Noun [edit]

bras m (plural bras)

  1. arm

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Jèrriais [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

bras m (plural bras)

  1. (anatomy) arm

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Middle French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Vulgar Latin *bracium, from Classical Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhiōn).

Noun [edit]

bras m (plural bras)

  1. arm

Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Vulgar Latin *bracium, from Classical Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhiōn).

Noun [edit]

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

  1. arm

Tok Pisin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English brush.

Noun [edit]

bras

  1. brush