brassière

brassière (plural brassières)

1. Alternative form of brassiere

• brasserie

From Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn)

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.sjɛʁ/

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brassière f (plural brassières)

1. child's vest
2. (nautical) life jacket
3. (dated outside Quebec) brassiere, bra

   Synonym: soutien-gorge

• → English: brassiere

• “brassière” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• brasserie