bra

See also: brà and brá

§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

• 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: حمالة صدر f (ḥammāla ṣadr), مشد صدر m (mišadd ṣadr)
• Armenian: կրծկալ (krckal)
• Asturian: apertador m, sostén m
• Azeri: lifçik, büstqalter
• 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)

• 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 (lip’i), აზღუდი (azḡudi)
• 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)
• Jèrriais: brâssiéthe f
• Kazakh: лифчик (lïfçïk)
• Khmer: ឤវទនាប់ (aow dtroh-noep)
• Kinyarwanda: isutiye
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• Uzbek: siynaband, ko'krakpech, lifchik
• Vietnamese: cái xú chiên, cái nịt ngực zhào
• Volapük: dögipolian, dögistütian
• West Frisian: boarststipe, beha

§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

§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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§Norwegian

§Adjective

bra

1. good, fine

§See also

• god
• vel

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§Swedish

§Etymology

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

§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