bras

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bras"

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

bras

  1. plural of bra

Anagrams

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English brush.

Noun

bras

  1. brush

Etymology 2

From English brass.

Noun

bras

  1. (music) brass

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
    Antonym: bihan

Mutation

Mutation of bras
unmutated soft aspirate hard
simple form bras vras never occurs never occurs
comparative brasoc'h vrasoc'h never occurs never occurs
superlative brasañ vrasañ unchanged prasañ

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /braːz/

Etymology 1

    From Middle Cornish bras, from Old Cornish bras, from Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

    Alternative forms

    Adjective

    bras (comparative brassa, superlative an brassa)

    1. big, great, bulky, large
      Synonym: meur
      Antonym: byghan
    Derived terms
    • bran vras (“raven”)
    • bras dres eghen (“enormous, giant”)
    • brashe (“enlarge, embiggen”, verb)
    • brasheans (“enlargement”)
    • brasoberys (“magnificant”)
    • braster (“bulk, size”)
    • brastereth (“majesty”)
    • brastir (“continent”)
    • brastiryel (“continental”)
    • bys bras (“thumb”)
    • dor bras (“mainland”)
    • dre vras (“mostly”)
    • dyskys bras (“scholarly”)
    • euthyek bras (“enormous, epic”)
    • fest bras (“enormous, giant, epic”)
    • gwynnek bras (“large white butterfly”)
    • kleves bras (“leprosy”)
    • lo vras (“tablespoon”)
    • marthys bras (“terrific”)
    • men bras (“megalith”)
    • mor bras (“ocean”)
    • nownek bras (“ravenous”)
    • penn pali bras (“great tit”)
    • re vras (“excessive”)

    Adverb

    yn fras

    1. greatly
      Synonyms: yn feur, yn lower

    Etymology 2

      From Middle Cornish bras, from Proto-Brythonic *brad, from Proto-Celtic *mratom. Cognate with Breton barad, Irish and Scottish Gaelic brath, and Welsh brad.

      Noun

      bras m (plural brasow)

      1. plot, conspiracy
      Derived terms
      • brasa (“conspire, plot”, verb)
      • braser m, brasores f (“conspirator, plotter”)

      Verb

      bras

      1. inflection of brasa:
        1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative

      Etymology 3

        Borrowed from Welsh bras.

        Noun

        bras m (plural brases)

        1. bunting
        Derived terms
        • bras ahwesydh (“corn bunting”)
        • bras an ergh (“snow bunting”)
        • bras an ogledh (“Lapland bunting”)
        • bras an tayga (“rustic bunting”)
        • bras hwib (“cirl bunting”)
        • bras kors (“reed bunting”)
        • bras lowarth (“ortolan bunting”)
        • bras lyha (“little bunting”)
        • bras penn du (“black-headed bunting”)
        • bras penn gwynn (“pine bunting”)

        Mutation

        Mutation of bras
        radical soft aspirate hard mixed
        bras vras unchanged pras fras,
        vras*

        * after 'th
        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        French

        Etymology

        Inherited 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

        Noun

        bras m (invariable)

        1. arm

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • Haitian Creole: bra
        • → Russian: бра (bra)

        Further reading

        Anagrams

        Icelandic

        Pronunciation

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

        Noun

        bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)

        1. soldering

        Declension

        Declension of bras (sg-only neuter)
        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
        Positive singular plural
        masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
        nominative bras bhras brasa;
        bhrasa2
        vocative bhrais brasa
        genitive braise brasa bras
        dative bras;
        bhras1         		bhras;
        bhrais (archaic)         		brasa;
        bhrasa2
        Comparative níos braise
        Superlative is braise

        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
        singular plural
        nominative bras brais
        vocative a bhrais a bhrasa
        genitive brais bras
        dative bras brais
        forms with the definite article
        singular plural
        nominative an bras na brais
        genitive an bhrais na mbras
        dative leis an mbras
        don bhras         		leis na brais

        Mutation

        Mutated forms of bras
        radical lenition eclipsis
        bras bhras mbras

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Further reading

        Middle English

        Etymology 1

          From Old English bræs; further origin uncertain.

          Alternative forms

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /bras/

          Noun

          bras (uncountable)

          1. brass (copper alloy)
          2. copper (element Cu)
          3. (rare) molten copper
          Descendants
          References

          Etymology 2

          Noun

          bras

          1. alternative form of brace

          Etymology 3

          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

          Noun

          bras m (plural bras)

          1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm

          Old French

          Etymology

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

          Noun

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

          1. arm

          Descendants

          Old Javanese

          Etymology

          Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Doublet of wĕas.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /bras/

          Noun

          bras

          1. husked rice
            Synonym: wĕas

          Alternative forms

          • bĕras

          Descendants

          Romanian

          Etymology

          Borrowed from French brasse.

          Noun

          bras n (plural brasuri)

          1. breaststroke

          Declension

          singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative-accusative bras brasul brasuri brasurile
          genitive-dative bras brasului brasuri brasurilor
          vocative brasule brasurilor

          Tok Pisin

          Etymology

          From English brush.

          Noun

          bras

          1. brush

          Welsh

          Etymology

          From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”). Cognate with Breton bras, Cornish bras, Irish bras.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /braːs/
          • Rhymes: -aːs

          Adjective

          bras (feminine singular bras, plural breision, equative brased, comparative brasach, superlative brasaf)

          1. large, thick, fat
          2. rough, coarse
            Synonyms: braisg, garw
          3. rough, approximate
          4. (letter) capital
            Synonyms: pennog, mawr

          Derived terms

          Noun

          bras m or f (plural breision)

          1. bunting (bird of the genus Emberiza)

          Derived terms

          Mutation

          Mutated forms of bras
          radical soft nasal aspirate
          bras fras mras unchanged

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

          Further reading

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