bra

See also: BRA, brá, brà, Brá, and -bra

English

bra

Pronunciation

• enPR: brä, IPA^(key): /bɹɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

Shortened from brassiere.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

1. a brassiere

Derived terms

Derived terms

• maternity bra
• nursing bra
• peek-a-boo bra
• push-up bra

• sports bra
• training bra
• underwired bra

Translations

brassiere

• Afrikaans: beha
• Albanian: gjimbajtëse f
• Arabic: حَمَّالَة صَدْر‎ f (ḥammālat ṣadr), مِشَدّ صَدْر‎ m (mišadd ṣadr)
• Armenian: կրծկալ (hy) (krckal), լիֆչիկ (hy) (lifčʿik)
• Asturian: apertador m, sostén m
• Azeri: lifçik, büstqalter
• Bashkir: күкрәксә (kükräksä)
• Basque: bularretako (eu)
• Belarusian: бюстга́льтар m (bjusthálʹtar), ста́нік m (stánik), лі́фчык m (lífčyk)
• Bengali: বক্ষবন্ধনী (bôkkhôbôndhôni), কাচুলি (kaculi), ব্রা (bra)
• Bulgarian: сутие́н (bg) m (sutién)
• Burmese: ဘရာစီယာ (my) (bha.raciya)
• Catalan: sostenidor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奶罩 (zh) (nǎizhào), 胸罩 (zh) (xiōngzhào)

  Min Nan: 奶帕仔 (ling-phè-á/ni-phè-á)

• Czech: podprsenka (cs) f
• Danish: brystholder (da), bh (da) c, (underwired bra) bøjle-bh c
• Dutch: bustehouder (nl) m, beha (nl) m
• Esperanto: mamzono
• Estonian: rinnahoidja (et)
• Finnish: rintaliivit (fi) pl
• French: soutien-gorge (fr) m, (popular) soutif (fr), (dated) brassière (fr) f
• Georgian: ლიფი (lipi), აზღუდი (azɣudi), ბიუსტჰალტერი (biusṭhalṭeri)
• German: Büstenhalter (de) m, (abbreviation) BH (de) m, (colloquial) Busenhalter m
• Greek: στηθόδεσμος (el) m (stithódesmos)
• Hebrew: חֲזִיָה \ חזייה‎ (he) f (khaziyá)
• Hindi: ब्रेजिअर (brejiar), ब्रा (brā), अँगिया (hi) f (ãgiyā), ब्रेजियर (brejiyar)
• Hungarian: melltartó (hu)
• Icelandic: brjóstahaldari
• Indonesian: kutang (id), beha (id)
• Irish: cíochbheart (ga) m
• Italian: reggiseno (it) m, reggipetto (it) m
• Japanese: ブラ (bura), ブラジャー (burajā), 乳押さえ (ちちおさえ, chichiosae)
• Kazakh: лифчик (lïfçïk)
• Khmer: ឤវទនាប់ (aow dtroh-noep)
• Korean: 브래지어 (ko) (beuraejieo), 브라 (beura)
• Kyrgyz: лифчик (lifçik)
• Lao: ເສື້ອຊ້ອນ (lo) (sư̄a sǭn)
• Latin: strophium n
• Latvian: krūšturis m
• Lithuanian: liemenėlė f
• Luxembourgish: Soutien m
• Macedonian: гра́дник m (grádnik), пр́слук m (pŕsluk)
• Malay: bra, coli

• Manx: coodagh keeagh
• Maori: pari
• Mongolian: хөхний даруулга (höhnij daruulga)
• Ngazidja Comorian: katshiri
• Norman: brâssiéthe f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brystholder m, bysteholder m, behå m, BH (no) m, bh m

  Nynorsk: brysthaldar m, bystehaldar m, behå m, BH (no) m

• Persian: پستان بند‎ (fa) (pestân band), سوتین‎ (fa) (sutiyan)
• Polish: biustonosz (pl) m, stanik (pl) m
• Portuguese: sutiã (pt) m
• Romanian: sutien (ro) n
• Russian: бюстга́льтер (ru) m (bjustgálʹter), ли́фчик (ru) m (lífčik)
• Rwanda-Rundi: isutiye
• Scottish Gaelic: uchd-aodach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грудњак m

  Roman: grudnjak (sh) m

• Silesian: lojbik m
• Sinhalese: තනපට (tanapaṭa)
• Slovak: podprsenka f
• Slovene: nedrček (sl) m
• Spanish: ajustador m (Cuba), brasier m (Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico), corpiño m (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), sostén (es) m (now especially Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela), soutien m (Uruguay), sujetador m (Spain)
• Swahili: sindiria (sw), kanchiri (sw)
• Swedish: behå (sv), bh (sv) c, bysthållare, brösthållare
• Tagalog: bra (tl)
• Tajik: лифчик (lifčik)
• Tamil: மார்புக்கச்சை (mārpukkaccai)
• Tatar: күкрәкчә (tt) (kükräqçä)
• Telugu: బ్రా (te) (brā)
• Thai: ยกทรง (th) (yók-song)
• Tibetan: ནུ་ཤུབ། (nu shub.)
• Tok Pisin: banis bilong susu
• Turkish: sütyen (tr), sutyen (tr)
• Turkmen: göwüslik, lifçik
• Ukrainian: бюстга́льтер (uk) m (bjusthálʹter), лі́фчик m (lífčyk), ста́ник m (stányk)
• Urdu: برا‎ (brā), بریجِئر‎ (breji'ar)
• Uyghur: لىپتىك‎ (liptik)
• Uzbek: siynaband (uz), ko'krakpech, lifchik (uz)
• Vietnamese: xu-chiêng, xu chiêng (vi), nịt vú (regional)
• Volapük: dögipolian, dögistütian
• Welsh: bra m
• West Frisian: boarststipe, beha
• Yiddish: סטאַניק‎ (stanik)
• Zazaki: sıtyen

Etymology 2

From bracket

Noun

bra (plural bras)

1. (physics) One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the other being the ket.

Related terms

• bra-ket notation

Antonyms

• ket

Etymology 3

Representing a different pronunciation of bro, meaning brother

Alternative forms

• brah
• bro
• bruh
• See also: bruv

Noun

bra (plural bras)

1. (slang) friend

   Take it easy, bra!

2. (slang) female version of bro

Anagrams

• ABR, ARB, Arb., Bar, Bar., Rab, abr., arb, bar, bar-

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Lojban

Rafsi

bra

1. rafsi of barda.

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Norman

Alternative forms

• brâs (continental Normandy)
• bras (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

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

Noun

bra m (plural bras)

1. (Sark, anatomy) arm

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from French brave

Adjective

bra (indeclinable, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

1. good, fine

Derived terms

• kjempebra

Adverb

bra

1. well

See also

• god
• vel

References

• “bra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from French brave

Adjective

bra (indeclinable, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

1. good, fine

Derived terms

• kjempebra

See also

• god
• vel

References

• “bra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

Since at least 1621, from braf (“good, brave”); from German brav; from French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /brɑː/

Adjective

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

1. good

Adverb

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

1. well

See also

• väl
• god

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Adjective

bra

1. brave

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Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian برادر (barâdar).

Noun

bra

1. brother