brasse

See also: Brasse and brassé

English

A brasse

Wikispecies

Etymology

Perhaps a transposition of barse; but compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Brasse the bream, and English bream.

Noun

brasse (plural brasses)

1. A spotted European freshwater fish Sander lucioperca, resembling a perch.

Synonyms

• (Sander lucioperca): zander

Anagrams

• BSAers, Brases, Sabers, barses, besras, sabers, sabres

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (tēnsa) bracchia (“(outstretched) arms”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁas/

Noun

brasse f (plural brasses)

1. fathom (unit of measure)
2. (swimming) stroke
3. (swimming) breaststroke

   le 100 mètres à la brasse — 100 metre breaststroke (event)

See also

• toise

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• brases, sabres