brau

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See also: brâu and Brau

Catalan

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Etymology

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Probably from Vulgar Latin *bravus. Compare Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brau m (plural braus)

  1. bull

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Adjective

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brau (feminine brava, masculine plural braus, feminine plural braves)

  1. brave, fierce
  2. rough, abrupt (sea and coastline)

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Cimbrian

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Noun

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brau f (plural braundiminutive bròille)

  1. (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of vrau

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Luxembourgish

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Verb

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brau

  1. second-person singular imperative of brauen

Norn

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Noun

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brau

  1. (Shetland) bread

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. Compare German braun, Dutch bruin, English brown.

Adjective

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brau

  1. brown

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *brus-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrus- (to break apart, to shred). Cognate with Cornish brew, Old Irish bruid.[1] See also: briw (wound, injury).

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Adjective

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brau (feminine singular brau, plural breuon, equative breued, comparative breuach, superlative breuaf)

  1. brittle, fragile, frail, weak
    Synonyms: bregus, breuedig, breulyd, breuol, briwllyd, hydor, hyfriw
  2. (figurative) morally weak, rotten
    Synonyms: braen, braenllyd
  3. perishable (of goods)
    Synonym: darfodus
  4. tender (of food)
  5. loose (of soil)
    Synonyms: brac, breulyd, breuol, ysgafn
  6. (baking) crumbly, short
    Synonym: briwsionllyd
  7. forthright, candid, harsh, blunt, brutally honest
    Synonyms: diflewyn-ar-dafod, parod, cyflym, buan, llym

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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