bra

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

English

bra

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Shortened from brassiere.

Noun

Wikipedia

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 ‎(ḥammāla ṣadr), مِشَدّ صَدْر m ‎(mišadd ṣadr)
• Armenian: կրծկալ (hy) ‎(krckal)
• Asturian: apertador m, sostén m
• Azeri: lifçik, büstqalter
• Basque: bularretako (eu)
• Belarusian: бюстга́льтар m ‎(bjusthálʹtar), ста́нік m ‎(stánik), лі́фчык m ‎(lífčyk)
• Bengali: বক্ষবন্ধনী ‎(bôkshôbôndhôni)
• 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)
• German: Büstenhalter (de) m, (abbreviation) BH (de) m, (colloquial) Busenhalter m
• Greek: στηθόδεσμος (el) m ‎(stithódesmos)
• Hebrew: חזייה f ‎(khaziyá)
• Hindi: ब्रेजिअर ‎(breji'ar), ब्रा ‎(brā)
• 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) ‎(kükräkçä)
• Telugu: బ్రా (te) ‎(brā)
• Thai: เครื่องยกทรง ‎(krêuang 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)
• Urdu: برا ‎(brā), بریجِئر ‎(breji'ar)
• Uzbek: siynaband (uz), ko'krakpech, lifchik (uz)
• Vietnamese: cái xú chiên, cái nịt ngực zhào
• Volapük: dögipolian, dögistütian
• West Frisian: boarststipe, beha
• Zazaki: sıtyen

Etymology 2

From bracket

Noun

Wikipedia

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, 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

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

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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Zazaki

Etymology

Compare Persian برادر ‎(barâdar).

Noun

bra

1. brother