bras

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See also: BRAS, braś, brâs, Brás, Braś, -bras, and برس

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun[edit]

bras

  1. plural of bra

Anagrams[edit]

Bislama[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English brush.

Noun[edit]

bras

  1. brush

Etymology 2[edit]

From English brass.

Noun[edit]

bras

  1. (music) brass

Breton[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. big
    Antonym: bihan

Mutation[edit]

  Mutation of bras  
Breton consonant mutation
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
exclamative b{{{5}}} v{{{5}}} unchanged p{{{5}}}

Cornish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective[edit]

bras

  1. big, great

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *mratom. Cognate with Welsh brad and Irish brath

Noun[edit]

bras m (plural brasow)

  1. plot, conspiracy

Mutation[edit]

  Mutation of bras  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bras vras unchanged pras fras vras

Franco-Provençal[edit]

Noun[edit]

bras m

  1. arm

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bʁa/, /bʁɑ/
    • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • (Northern France) and (Canada) IPA(key): [bʁɑ], [bʁɔ]
  • Rhymes: -a, Rhymes: -ɑ
  • Hyphenation: bras

Noun[edit]

bras m (plural bras)

  1. arm

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)

  1. soldering

Declension[edit]

declension of bras
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative bras brasið
accusative bras brasið
dative brasi brasinu
genitive brass brassins

Related terms[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. (literary) great, strong
  2. (literary) swift
Declension[edit]
Declension of bras
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative bras bhras brasa;
bhrasa²
Vocative bhrais brasa
Genitive brase brasa bras
Dative bras;
bhras¹ 		bhras;
bhrais (archaic) 		brasa;
bhrasa²
Comparative níos brase
Superlative is brase

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

bras m (genitive singular brais, nominative plural brais)

  1. Alternative form of prás (“brass”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bras

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bras brais
Vocative a bhrais a bhrasa
Genitive brais bras
Dative bras brais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bras na brais
Genitive an bhrais na mbras
Dative leis an mbras

don bhras

leis na brais

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bras bhras mbras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English bræs; further origin uncertain.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bras (uncountable)

  1. brass (copper alloy)
  2. copper (element Cu)
  3. (rare) molten copper
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bras

  1. Alternative form of brace

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

bras

  1. Alternative form of bracen

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bras m (plural bras)

  1. arm

Descendants[edit]

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun[edit]

bras m (plural bras)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm

Related terms[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. arm

Descendants[edit]

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bras

  1. husked rice
    Synonym: wĕas

Alternative forms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French brasse.

Noun[edit]

bras n (plural brasuri)

  1. breaststroke

Declension[edit]

Declension of bras
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bras brasul (niște) brasuri brasurile
genitive/dative (unui) bras brasului (unor) brasuri brasurilor
vocative brasule brasurilor

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English brush.

Noun[edit]

bras

  1. brush

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. large, thick, fat
  2. rough, coarse
  3. rough, approximate
  4. (letter) capital
    Synonyms: pennog, mawr

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bras fras mras unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • 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
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