bras

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

English

Noun

bras

  1. plural of bra

Anagrams

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

Burushaski

Etymology

Uncertain, but compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice”), whence Tibetan འབྲས ('bras) and Mizo rah.

Noun

bras

  1. rice

Cornish

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

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras

  1. big, great

Mutation
  Mutation of bras  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
bras vras unchanged pras fras vras

French

Etymology

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): /bʁɑ/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ
  • Hyphenation: bras

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

  1. arm

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /praːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)

  1. soldering

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

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
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

Noun

bras m (genitive singular brais, nominative plural brais)

  1. Alternative form of prás (“brass”)
Declension
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
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

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

bras

  1. rice (uncooked seeds used as food)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French brace.

Noun

bras

  1. Alternative form of brace

Etymology 2

From Old French bracier.

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

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. arm

Descendants

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English brush.

Noun

bras

  1. brush
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