braai
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From braaivleis (“grilled meat”), from Afrikaans braai (“to grill”), from Dutch braden (“roast”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
braai (plural braais)
- (South Africa) A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing.
- (chiefly South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe) A social meeting, including the braaing of meat; a cookout.
- Come over to our place for a braai.
Verb[edit]
braai (third-person singular simple present braais, present participle braaing or braaiing, simple past and past participle braaied)
- (chiefly South Africa) To grill meat over an open flame (not on a gass grill).
- 2015 June 1, Pamela Power, Ms Conception, Penguin Random House South Africa, →ISBN:
- […] so we decide to braai some ribs for supper.
- 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 89:
- You sniff the air. Smoke. Spices. One of the residents on the road has been, or perhaps is still, braaing.
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch braden, from Middle Dutch brâden, from Old Dutch brādan, from Proto-Germanic *brēdaną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
braai (present braai, present participle braaiende, past participle gebraai)
- (cooking) to grill meat over an open flame
- Ek mag nie vleis in my tuin braai nie.
- I am not allowed to fry meat in my garden.
Noun[edit]
braai (plural braaie)
- a barbecue
- an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing
- a social meeting, including the braaing of meat
- Nou gaan ons braai!
- Now we braai!
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: braai
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“barbecue”), from Dutch braden.
Noun[edit]
braai m (plural braaien, diminutive braaitje n)
- a barbecue
- an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing
- a social meeting, including the braaing of meat
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
braai
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