different between braaivleis vs braai

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans braaivleis.

Noun

braaivleis (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) A braai or barbecue.
   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 10:

     No clue to the previous inhabitants—oh, except a rusted braaivleis grill and a kennel with half the roof missing.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From braai +? vleis (“meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?br??ifl?is/

Noun

braaivleis (uncountable, diminutive braaivleisie)

1. braaied meat

Usage notes

The word is sometimes shortened to just vleis or vleisie, especially when the context is clear.

See also

• braai

English

Etymology

From braaivleis (“grilled meat”), from Afrikaans braai (“to grill”), from Dutch braden (“roast”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: braa?i
• IPA^(key): /b?a?/

Noun

braai (plural braais)

1. (South Africa) A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing.
2. (chiefly South Africa) A social meeting, including the braaing of meat; a cookout.

   Come over to our place for a braai.

Verb

braai (third-person singular simple present braais, present participle braaing or braaiing, simple past and past participle braaied)

1. (chiefly South Africa) To grill meat over an open flame.

Derived terms

• braaivleis
• bring-and-braai
• minibraai
• spitbraai

Anagrams

• Rabia, baria

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch braden, from Middle Dutch brâden, from Old Dutch br?dan, from Proto-Germanic *br?dan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br??i/

Verb

braai (present braai, present participle braaiende, past participle gebraai)

1. (cooking) To grill meat over an open flame

Noun

braai (plural braaie)

1. A barbecue
2. An open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing
3. A social meeting, including the braaing of meat

   Nou gaan ons braai!

“Now we braai!”

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bra?i/
• Hyphenation: braai
• Rhymes: -a?i

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“barbecue”), from Dutch braden, from Middle Dutch brâden, from Old Dutch br?dan, from Proto-Germanic *br?dan?.

Noun

braai m (plural braaien, diminutive braaitje n)

1. A barbecue
2. An open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing
3. A social meeting, including the braaing of meat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

braai

1. first-person singular present indicative of braaien
2. imperative of braaien