Bra - Wiktionary

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Translingual

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Symbol

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bra

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Braj.

See also

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• Wiktionary’s coverage of Braj terms

English

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Alternative forms

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• brassiere, brassière (dated)

Pronunciation

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• enPR: brä, IPA(key): /bɹɑː/, [bɹɐ̞]
• (Ireland, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /bɹæ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

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Clipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium (“forearm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “forearm”), from Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús (“short”) (because the forearm is shorter than the upper arm), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

Noun

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bra (plural bras)

1. An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]
   • 1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 27:Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval.
   • 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.

Derived terms

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• balconette bra
• balcony bra
• bra burner
• bra-burning
• bra chain
• bra insert
• bra-ket
• braless
• bralette
• brami
• bullet bra
• cage bra
• cantilever bra
• car bra
• cold as a witch's tit in a brass bra
• demibra
• handbra
• jog bra
• jogging bra
• long-line bra
• maternity bra
• nursing bra
• peek-a-boo bra
• peekaboo bra
• plunge bra
• pocket bra
• push-up bra
• shelf bra
• sports bra
• starter bra
• trainer bra
• training bra
• T-shirt bra
• underwired bra
• Wonderbra
• wonderbra

Translations

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Afrikaans: bra (af), buustelyfie Albanian: gjimbajtëse f, sutienë f Apache: Western Apache: ibeʼbenastʼiʼí Arabic: حَمَّالَة صَدْر f (ḥammālat ṣadr), مِشَدّ صَدْر m (mišadd ṣadr) Egyptian Arabic: ستيان m (sutyān) Hijazi Arabic: سُتيانة f (sutyāna) South Levantine Arabic: ستيانة f (sityāne) Armenian: կրծկալ (hy) (krckal), լիֆչիկ (hy) (lifčʻik) Asturian: apertador m, sostén m Azerbaijani: döşlük, lifçik, büstqalter, məmədan, döşqabı (humorous, colloquial) Bashkir: күкрәксә (kükrəksə) Basque: bularretako (eu) Belarusian: бюстга́льтар m (bjusthálʹtar), ста́нік m (stánik), лі́фчык m (lífčyk) Bengali: বক্ষবন্ধনী (bn) (bokkhobondhoni), কাচুলি (bn) (kaculi), ব্রা (bra) Bulgarian: сутие́н (bg) m (sutién) Burmese: ဘရာစီယာ (my) (bha.raciya) Catalan: sostenidors (ca) m pl Cebuano: bra Chinese: Hokkien: 奶帕仔 (ling-phè-á / ni-phè-á) Mandarin: 奶罩 (zh) (nǎizhào), 胸罩 (zh) (xiōngzhào), 乳罩 (zh) (rǔzhào) Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: katshiri Czech: podprsenka (cs) f Danish: brystholder (da) c, bh (da) c, (underwired bra) bøjle-bh c Dutch: bustehouder (nl) m, beha (nl) m Esperanto: mamzono, mamingo Estonian: rinnahoidja (et) Faroese: brósthaldari m Finnish: rintaliivit (fi) pl French: soutien-gorge (fr) m, (popular) soutif (fr), (dated) brassière (fr) f Frisian: West Frisian: boarststipe, beha Georgian: ლიფი (lipi), აზღუდი (ka) (azɣudi), ბიუსტჰალტერი (biusṭhalṭeri) German: Büstenhalter (de) m, (abbreviation) BH (de) m, (colloquial) Busenhalter m Greek: στηθόδεσμος (el) m (stithódesmos) Ancient Greek: στρόφιον n (stróphion) Hebrew: חֲזִיָה \ חזייה (he) f (khaziyá) Hindi: ब्रेजिअर m (brejiar), ब्रेजियर m (brejiyar), ब्रा m (brā), अँगिया (hi) f (aṅgiyā) Hungarian: melltartó (hu), mt (hu) (abbreviation) Icelandic: brjóstahaldari (is) Indonesian: kutang (id), beha (id) Irish: cíochbheart (ga) m Italian: reggiseno (it) m, reggipetto (it) m Japanese: ブラジャー (ja) (burajā), ブラ (ja) (bura), 乳押さえ (ちちおさえ, chichiosae) (obsolete) Kazakh: емшекқап (emşekqap) Khmer: អាវទ្រនាប់ (ʼaaw trɔnŏəp), អាវស៊ូជាង (ʼaaw suuciəng) Korean: 브래지어 (ko) (beuraejieo), 브라 (ko) (beura) Kyrgyz: лифчик (lifcik), бюстгальтер (byustgalter) Lao: ເສື້ອຊ້ອນ (sư̄a sǭn), ອ້ຽງ (ʼīang) Latin: strophium n, cestus m Latvian: krūšturis m Lithuanian: liemenėlė f Luxembourgish: Soutien m Macedonian: гра́дник m (grádnik), пр́слук m (pŕsluk) Malay: bra, coli (ms) Maltese: riċipettu m Manx: coodagh keeagh Māori: pari, kopeū Mongolian: Cyrillic: хөхний даруулга (xöxnii daruulga) (official); лифчик (mn) m (lifčik) (popular); хөхөвч (mn) m (xöxövč) (standard in Inner Mongolia) Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠬᠦᠨ ᠦᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (kökün-ü daruɣulg-a) (official); ᠯᠢᠹᠼᠢᠺ (lifcik) (popular); ᠬᠥᠬᠦᠪᠴᠢ (kökübči) (standard in Inner Mongolia) Navajo: abeʼ bikʼéstiʼí Norman: brâssiéthe f Norwegian: Bokmål: brystholder m, bysteholder m, behå m, BH (no) m, bh m Nynorsk: brysthaldar m, bystehaldar m, behå m, BH (no) m Persian: Iranian Persian: پِسْتان‌بَنْد (fa) (pestân-band), سوتْیَن (fa) (sutyan), کُرْسِت (fa) (korset) Plautdietsch: Brosthaulta m Polish: biustonosz (pl) m, stanik (pl) m Portuguese: sutiã (pt) m Romanian: sutien (ro) n Russian: бюстга́льтер (ru) m (bjustgálʹter), ли́фчик (ru) m (lífčik) Rwanda-Rundi: isutiye Scottish Gaelic: uchd-aodach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гру̑дња̄к m Latin: grȗdnjāk (sh) m Silesian: lojbik m Sinhalese: තනපට (tanapaṭa) Slovak: podprsenka (sk) f Slovene: nedrček (sl) m, modrček m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: nadrac m Upper Sorbian: nadrowc m Spanish: ajustador (es) m (Cuba), brasier (es) m (Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico), corpiño (es) m (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), sostén (es) m (now especially Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela), soutien m (Uruguay), sujetador (es) m (Spain) Swahili: sidiria (sw), kanchiri (sw) Swedish: behå (sv) c, bh (sv) c, bysthållare (sv) c, brösthållare c Tagalog: bra (tl) Tajik: лифчик (lifčik) Tamil: மார்புக்கச்சை (mārpukkaccai) Tatar: күкрәкчә (tt) (kükräkçä) Telugu: బ్రా (te) (brā) Thai: ยกทรง (th) (yók-song) Tibetan: ནུ་ཤུབ། (nu shub) Tok Pisin: banis bilong susu Turkish: sütyen (tr), sutyen (tr) Turkmen: göwüslik, lifçik Ukrainian: бюстга́льтер (uk) m (bjusthálʹter), лі́фчик m (lífčyk) Urdu: بْرا m (brā), بْریجِئَر m (brejiar) Uyghur: لىپتىك (liptik) Uzbek: siynaband (uz), ko'krakpech, lifchik (uz), byustgalter Vietnamese: xu-chiêng, xu chiêng (vi), nịt vú (regional) Volapük: dögipolian, dögistütian Welsh: bra m, bras (cy) m pl Yiddish: סטאַניק (stanik) Zazaki: sıtyen

Etymology 2

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English Wikipedia has an article on:bra-ket notationWikipedia

From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.

Noun

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bra (plural bras)

1. (linear algebra, quantum mechanics) One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket.

Antonyms

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• ket

Derived terms

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• eigenbra

Related terms

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• bra-ket
• ket-bra

Translations

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Bulgarian: бра (bg) f (bra) Chinese: Mandarin: 左矢 (zuǒshǐ) Finnish: bra (fi) German: Bra n Italian: bra (it) m Polish: bra (pl) f

Etymology 3

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Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”).

Noun

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bra (plural bras)

1. (slang) Alternative form of bro; friend, mate Take it easy, bra!
   • 2009, Todd Johnson, Influence:“Famalam, I ain't even gon lie to ya man, I am super happy to be finally maxing out on parole my real. This violation was definitely a reality check Bra!” Influence replied to his comrade.

Further reading

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• bra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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• Rab, ABR, bar-, Arb., bar, BAR, ARB, RBA, Bar, arb, abr., Bar.

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bra.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /brɑː/

Noun

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bra (plural bra's)

1. bra, brassiere
2. (Cape Afrikaans) bro, brah, bruh

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English bra, shortened from brassiere, from French brassière.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: bra

Noun

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bra

1. a bra; a brassiere
   • 2011 — Monternel, Fred Fuentes, Isla (31 August), From Junquera with Love, SuperBalita “Nya, mora tag si Adan ug Eba ning kalakiha, Rael, kon hubuon ta ang basa tang mga sapot,” ni Emma nga misanong dayon sa gisugyot ni Israel ug paspas nga mihubo sa basa niyang blawos, bra, sayal ug panti. Ug nabantang ang bigot niyang lawas ug ang hamis ug puti niyang kutis sa atubangan ni Israel.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Garo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-la(k). Cognate with Old Chinese 射 (OC *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ, “to shoot (an arrow, etc.)”), Burmese မြား (mra:, “arrow”), Newar बला (balā).

Noun

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bra

1. arrow

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /bɣa/

Noun

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bra

1. arm

References

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• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 32

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:braWikipedia id

Pronunciation

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• (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbra/ [ˈbra]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bra
• Homophone: Bra

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English bra, brassiere, from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium (“forearm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “forearm”), from Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús (“short”).

Noun

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bra (plural bra-bra)

1. (fashion) bra, brassiere Synonyms: anak baju (Malay), baju dalam (Malay), (colloquial) beha, (obsolete, Standard Malay) coli, kutang

Hyponyms

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• bra adhesif
• bra bando
• bra halter
• bra hamil
• bra menyusui
• bra olahraga
• bra tempel

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sumbawa [Term?].

Noun

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bra (plural bra-bra)

1. (dialect) water seepage in the container due to cracks [since 2024]

Further reading

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• “bra”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈbra/, /bra/*[1]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: brà, bra

Etymology 1

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:bra (formaggio)Wikipedia it

From the city of Bra in Piedmont.[2]

Noun

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bra m (usually uncountable, invariable)

1. Bra cheese

Etymology 2

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:Notazione bra-ketWikipedia it

Noun

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bra m (invariable)

1. (quantum mechanics) bra Antonym: ket

Further reading

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• bra in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• bra in Treccani.it – Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche (1996), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

References

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1. ^ Bra in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
2. ^ bra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Javanese

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Romanization

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bra

1. romanization of ꦧꦿ

Khotanese

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Adjective

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bra

1. dear

Norman

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Alternative forms

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• brâs (continental)
• bras (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

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From Old French bras, from Vulgar Latin *bracium, from Classical Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

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bra m (plural bras)

1. (Sark, anatomy) arm

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brave.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /brɑː/, [bɾɑː]

Adjective

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bra (indeclinable, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

1. good, fine

Derived terms

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• kjempebra

Adverb

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bra

1. well

See also

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• god
• vel

References

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• “bra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brave.

Adjective

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bra (indeclinable, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

1. good, fine

Derived terms

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• kjempebra

See also

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• god
• vel

References

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• “bra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Czech

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbra/
• IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbra/

Verb

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bra

1. second-person and third-person singular of bráti

Further reading

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• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “bra”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit वर (vara, “best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc.”) (Doublet of awara (“screen”) and wara (“favour, gift”)). Compare Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh), Thai พระ (prá).

Prefix

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bra

1. prefix for royalty name

Scots

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from braf (“good, brave”); from Low German brav; from French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo.

Adjective

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bra (comparative mair bra, superlative maist bra)

1. Very good or agreeable.

See also

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• guid
• braw

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from bra, shortened from brassiere.

Noun

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bra (plural bras)

1. An item of underwear worn to support the breasts.

See also

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• bra

Swedish

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Etymology

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Since at least 1621, from braf (“good, brave”); from Low German brav; from French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /brɑː/, [brɒ̜ː]

• Audio (Gotland):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Adjective

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bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

1. good (having pleasing or suitable qualities) Synonym: (jocular, childish) braig en bra filma good movie – Ska vi måla den blå? – Ja, det blir bra.– Should we paint it blue? – Yeah, that'll be good. Han är bra på tennisHe is good at tennis Hon är en bra människaShe is a (morally) good person (see the usage notes below)
2. healthy or recovered (from an illness or injury or the like), well Jag är inte riktigt bra i benet änMy leg hasn't quite recovered yet ("I'm not quite well in the leg yet") – Känner du dig bättre idag? – Ja, men inte helt bra.– Are you feeling better today? – Yeah, but not completely well.
3. quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly Synonym: (often a bit old-fashioned, but idiomatic in some cases where "bra" is not) god Det här kommer ta ett bra tagThis is going to take a good while Det är en bra bit att åkaIt's quite a distance to drive De tjänade en bra slantThey made a pretty penny ("made a sizable coin," "tjäna en slant" is idiomatic)

Usage notes

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• "Good" as in morally good is more specifically god, but some overlap occurs since someone morally good can also be considered to have good qualities (be considered to be a "good kind of person").
• In informal (often jocular or childish) contexts, bäst may be inflected further and given the comparative bästare (bester) and the superlative bästast, bästaste (bestest); these forms are also nonstandard.

Declension

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Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	bra	bättre	bäst
neuter singular	bra	bättre	bäst
plural	bra	bättre	bäst
masculine plural2	bra	bättre	bäst
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	bra	bättre	bäste
all	bra	bättre	bästa

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Adverb

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bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

1. well Mår du bra?Are you feeling well? / Are you okay? Han spelade bra idagHe played well today
2. a good deal, quite (to quite a large extent or degree) Rattfylla är bra mycket vanligare bland mänDrunk driving is a good deal more common among men Den där älgen är bra stor!That moose is quite the big one! Filmen var bra kassThe movie was quite the stinker bra dåligsubstantially bad (literally also "good bad")

See also

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• väl
• god

References

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• “bra”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

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• -bar, bar

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bra.

Pronunciation

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• (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbɾa/ [ˈbɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bra

Noun

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bra (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. brassiere; bra Synonym: (uncommon) salungso

Derived terms

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• magbra
• pagbabra

See also

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• tapapetso

Anagrams

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• Abr, bar

Yola

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Alternative forms

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• braave

Etymology

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From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots braa (“fine”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /braː/
• IPA(key): /braːv/[1]

Adjective

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bra

1. brave, pretty well[2]
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:Many a bra draught by Tommeen was ee-maate;Many a brave stroke by Tommy was made;

References

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1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 154
2. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 27

Zazaki

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Alternative forms

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• bira, bıra

Etymology

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Compare Persian برادر (barâdar).

Noun

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bra

1. brother