brat

See also Brät, braţ, and bråţ

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the term "brat" derives from an Old English (Old English) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Originally a northern, Midlands and western England dialect word for "makeshift or ragged garment;" probably the same word as Old English bratt "cloak," which is from a Celtic source (cf. O.Ir. bratt "cloak, cloth").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɹat/, SAMPA: /br\{t/
• (US) enPR: brăt, IPA: /bɻæt/, SAMPA: /"br\`{t/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

brat (plural brats)

1. A child (as a pejorative term); offspring.

   Get that little brat away from me!

2. Now often specifically, a selfish or spoiled child.

Translations

a selfish, spoiled, or unruly child

Croatian: derište (hr) n. Danish: unge (da), møgunge (da) Dutch: (verwend) nest n. Esperanto: knabaĉo (eo) Finnish: kakara (fi) French: peste (fr) f., morveux (fr) m., morveuse (fr) f., sale gosse (fr) m. German: Balg (de) m., Göre (de) f., Gör (de) n. Italian: monello (it) m. Japanese: 餓鬼 (ja) (gaki)

Norwegian: (bortskjemt) drittunge (no) n., snørrunge (no) m. Polish: bachor (pl) m. Portuguese: pirralho (pt) m., mimado (pt) m. Russian: невоспитанный ребёнок (always m.); негодник; паршивец Scottish Gaelic: droch isean m., uilleagan m. Serbo-Croatian: derište (sh) n. Spanish: mimado m. chiflado m. Swedish: snorunge (sv) c.

Etymology 2

Shortened from bratwurst, from the German Bratwurst

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: brŏt, IPA: /bɻɑt/, SAMPA: /"br\`At/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

brat (plural brats)

1. bratwurst

Translations

bratwurst — see bratwurst

See also

• Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

• Bart, BART

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brattr and Old English brant; in the sense sudden merged with Old Norse bráðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /brat/, [b̥ʁɑd̥]

Adjective

brat (neuter brat, definite and plural bratte, comparative brattere, superlative brattest)

1. steep
2. sudden

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʀaːt/

Verb

brat

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

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

brat m.

1. cloak

Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative brat brait Vocative a bhrait a bhrata Genitive brait brat Dative brat brait

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an brat na brait Genitive an bhrait na mbrat Dative leis an mbrat don bhrat leis na brait

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
brat	bhrat	mbrat
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• brateagraíocht

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Kashubian

Etymology

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

Noun

brat m.

1. brother

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [brat]

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Noun

brat m. (plural bracia)

1. brother

Declension

    declension of brat

	singular	plural
nominative	brat	bracia
genitive	brata	braci
dative	bratu	braciom
accusative	brata	braci
instrumental	bratem	braćmi
locative	bracie	braciach
vocative	bracie	bracia

Derived terms

• bratowa

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

brat m. (genitive brata, plural bratan)

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /brât/

Noun

brȁt m. (Cyrillic spelling бра̏т)

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

Declension

    declension of brat

	singular
nominative	brat
genitive	brata
dative	bratu
accusative	brata
vocative	brate
locative	bratu
instrumental	bratom

Usage notes

There is no plural form for this noun. Instead, the collective term brȁća is used for plural meanings.

Derived terms

brȁtac bratàkati se bratánac brȁtić bràtija brȁtimiti se brȁtīmstvo brȁtīnstvo

brȁtiti se brȁtjenac brȁtoljūblje bratoùbilačkī bratoùbojica bratoùbōjstvo brȁtōv

brȁtovljev brȁtovljī brȁtovskī bratóvština bràtskī bràtstvo bràtučed

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Brut/Brutiu

Noun

brat m.

1. brother

sing. pl. N brat bratia G brata bratov D braovi bratom A brata bratov L bratovi bratoch I bratom bratmi

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Noun

brat m.

1. brother

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Usage notes

• Mainly used in plural, as a collective noun.
• Can occasionally be seen considered as neuter rather than common.