bras

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English

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Noun

bras

1. plural of bra

Anagrams

• ABRs, ARBs, BARS, arbs, bars, sbar

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English brush.

Noun

bras

1. brush

Etymology 2

From English brass.

Noun

bras

1. (music) brass

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”): (compare Cornish bras (“big, great”), broas, and Welsh bras (“fat, broad, rich”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁaz/

Adjective

bras (comparative brasoc'h, superlative brasañ, exclamative brasat)

1. big

   Antonym: bihan

Mutation

Mutation of bras

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
simple form	bras	vras	never occurs	never occurs
comparative	brasoc'h	vrasoc'h	never occurs	never occurs
superlative	brasañ	vrasañ	unchanged	prasañ

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /braːz/

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish bras, from Old Cornish bras, from Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Alternative forms

• broas (Revived Late Cornish)
• brâs (Standard Cornish)

Adjective

bras (comparative brassa, superlative an brassa)

1. big, great, bulky, large

   Synonym: meur

   Antonym: byghan

Derived terms

• bran vras (“raven”)
• bras dres eghen (“enormous, giant”)
• brashe (“enlarge, embiggen”, verb)
• brasheans (“enlargement”)
• brasoberys (“magnificant”)
• braster (“bulk, size”)
• brastereth (“majesty”)
• brastir (“continent”)
• brastiryel (“continental”)
• bys bras (“thumb”)
• dor bras (“mainland”)
• dre vras (“mostly”)
• dyskys bras (“scholarly”)
• euthyek bras (“enormous, epic”)
• fest bras (“enormous, giant, epic”)
• gwynnek bras (“large white butterfly”)
• kleves bras (“leprosy”)
• lo vras (“tablespoon”)
• marthys bras (“terrific”)
• men bras (“megalith”)
• mor bras (“ocean”)
• nownek bras (“ravenous”)
• penn pali bras (“great tit”)
• re vras (“excessive”)

Adverb

yn fras

1. greatly

   Synonyms: yn feur, yn lower

Etymology 2

From Middle Cornish bras, from Proto-Brythonic *brad, from Proto-Celtic *mratom. Cognate with Breton barad, Irish and Scottish Gaelic brath, and Welsh brad.

Noun

bras m (plural brasow)

1. plot, conspiracy

Derived terms

• brasa (“conspire, plot”, verb)
• braser m, brasores f (“conspirator, plotter”)

Verb

bras

1. inflection of brasa:
   1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Welsh bras.

Noun

bras m (plural brases)

1. bunting

Derived terms

• bras ahwesydh (“corn bunting”)
• bras an ergh (“snow bunting”)
• bras an ogledh (“Lapland bunting”)
• bras an tayga (“rustic bunting”)
• bras hwib (“cirl bunting”)
• bras kors (“reed bunting”)
• bras lowarth (“ortolan bunting”)
• bras lyha (“little bunting”)
• bras penn du (“black-headed bunting”)
• bras penn gwynn (“pine bunting”)

Mutation

Mutation of bras

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
bras	vras	unchanged	pras	fras, vras*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

French

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bras

épaule

arrière-bras

coude

avant-bras

poignet

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bras, from Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Displaced Old French feminine noun brace, ultimately from the same Latin and Ancient Greek roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa/ ~ /bʁɑ/

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• Rhymes: -a, -ɑ
• Hyphenation: bras

Noun

bras m (invariable)

1. arm

Derived terms

• à bras ouverts
• à bras raccourcis
• à bras-le-corps
• à tour de bras
• arrière-bras
• avant-bras
• avoir le bras long
• avoir quelque chose sur les bras
• baisser les bras
• bras cassé
• bras de fer
• bras de mer
• bras dessus, bras dessous
• bras droit
• bras d’honneur (bras d'honneur)
• bras mort
• bras séculier
• brassage
• brassard
• brasse
• brasser
• brasserole
• brassière
• clé de bras
• clef de bras
• coûter un bras
• dans les bras de Morphée
• dessous de bras
• embrasser
• en bras de chemise
• fier-à-bras
• jouer les gros bras
• jouer petit bras
• les bras m'en tombent
• long comme le bras
• petit bras
• rester les bras croisés
• se croiser les bras
• tendre les bras

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: bra
• → Russian: бра (bra)
  • → Georgian: ბრა (bra)

Further reading

• “bras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• bars

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /praːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)

1. soldering

Declension

Declension of bras (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	bras	brasið
accusative	bras	brasið
dative	brasi	brasinu
genitive	brass	brassins

Related terms

• brasa

Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras (genitive singular masculine brais, genitive singular feminine braise, plural brasa, comparative braise)

1. (literary) great, strong
2. (literary) swift

Declension

Declension of bras

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	bras	bhras	brasa; bhrasa2
vocative	bhrais		brasa
genitive		braise	brasa	bras
dative	bras; bhras1	bhras; bhrais (archaic)	brasa; bhrasa2
Comparative	níos braise
Superlative	is braise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

Noun

bras m (genitive singular brais, nominative plural brais)

1. alternative form of prás (“brass”)

Declension

Declension of bras (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bras brais vocative a bhrais a bhrasa genitive brais bras dative bras brais forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bras na brais genitive an bhrais na mbras dative leis an mbras don bhras leis na brais

Mutation

Mutated forms of bras

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bras	bhras	mbras

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bræs; further origin uncertain.

Alternative forms

• braas, brace, brass, brasse, bres

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bras/

Noun

bras (uncountable)

1. brass (copper alloy)
2. copper (element Cu)
3. (rare) molten copper

Related terms

• brasen (“brazen”)
• brasen (“to cover with brass”)
• brasiere

Descendants

• English: brass
• Scots: bress
• → Irish: prás
• → Scottish Gaelic: pràis

References

• “bras, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

bras

1. alternative form of brace

Etymology 3

Verb

bras

1. alternative form of bracen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. arm

Descendants

• French: bras

Norman

Alternative forms

• brâs (continental)
• bra (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

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Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm

Related terms

• braichie (“armful”)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

bras oblique singular, m (oblique plural bras, nominative singular bras, nominative plural bras)

1. arm

Descendants

• Bourguignon: brai
• Champenois: brais
• Franc-Comtois: brais
• Middle French: bras
  • French: bras
• Norman: bras
• Walloon: bresse

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Doublet of wĕas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bras/

Noun

bras

1. husked rice

   Synonym: wĕas

Alternative forms

• bĕras

Descendants

• Javanese: beras
• → Balinese: beras

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brasse.

Noun

bras n (plural brasuri)

1. breaststroke

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bras	brasul		brasuri	brasurile
genitive-dative	bras	brasului		brasuri	brasurilor
vocative	brasule			brasurilor

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English brush.

Noun

bras

1. brush

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”). Cognate with Breton bras, Cornish bras, Irish bras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /braːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Adjective

bras (feminine singular bras, plural breision, equative brased, comparative brasach, superlative brasaf)

1. large, thick, fat
2. rough, coarse

   Synonyms: braisg, garw

3. rough, approximate
4. (letter) capital

   Synonyms: pennog, mawr

Derived terms

• brasamcan (“approximation”)
• brasgamu (“to stride, to lope”)
• braslun (“sketch, outline”)
• braster (“fat”, noun)

Noun

bras m or f (plural breision)

1. bunting (bird of the genus Emberiza)

Derived terms

• bras gyddf-felyn (“yellow-throated bunting”)
• bras melyn (“yellowhammer”)
• bras y cyrs (“reed bunting”)
• bras yr ŷd (“corn bunting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bras

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bras	fras	mras	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bras”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies