brat

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See also Brät, braţ, and bråţ

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English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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").

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Noun [edit]

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.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Shortened from bratwurst, from the German Bratwurst

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Noun [edit]

brat (plural brats)

  1. bratwurst
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Etymology 3 [edit]

Noun [edit]

brat (plural brats)

  1. (mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

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Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /brat/, [b̥ʁɑd̥]

Adjective [edit]

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

  1. steep
  2. sudden

German [edit]

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Verb [edit]

brat

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

Irish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

brat m (genitive brait, nominative plural brait)

  1. mantle, cloak
  2. covering
  3. (theater) curtain
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Etymology 2 [edit]

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Noun [edit]

brat m (genitive brat, nominative plural bratanna)

  1. broth; thick soup
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Mutation [edit]

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.

Kashubian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

brat m

  1. brother

Polish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

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brat m (plural bracia)

  1. brother

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Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

brat m (genitive brata, plural bratan)

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

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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

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brȁt m (Cyrillic spelling бра̏т)

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

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Usage notes [edit]

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

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Slovak [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

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Noun [edit]

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

  1. brother

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Slovene [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

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brat m anim.

  1. brother

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Swedish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English brat (spoiled child).

Noun [edit]

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 [edit]

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