different between braise vs brasse

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?e?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z
• Homophones: brays, braize

Etymology 1

From French braise (“live coals”), from Old French brese (“embers”), from Old Low Franconian/Old Dutch; akin to Norwegian/Swedish braseld (“sparkling fire”), Norwegian/Swedish dialectal brasa (“to roast”), Danish dialectal brase (“to flambé, enflame”). Perhaps from Gothic *???????????????????? (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *bras? (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *b?res- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”). See burst.

Alternative forms

• braize (dated)

Noun

braise (plural braises)

1. Alternative spelling of braze
2. A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.

3. A sauce used for braising.

Verb

braise (third-person singular simple present braises, present participle braising, simple past and past participle braised)

1. (cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
2. Alternative spelling of braze (joining non-ferrous metal using a molten filler metal)

Translations

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

braise (plural braises)

1. Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)

Synonyms

• (Pagellus bogaraveo): becker

References

• Pagellus centrodontus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pagellus centrodontus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• braise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• braise at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Baiers, Serbia, braies, rabies, rebias

French

Etymology

From Middle French bresze, from Old French breze (“ember, burning coal, gleed”), perhaps from Gothic *???????????????????? (*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *bras? (“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *b?res- (“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Swedish brasa (“to roast”), Icelandic brasa (“to harden by fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??z/

Noun

braise f (plural braises)

1. (singular or plural) embers
2. (slang) cash, dough

Derived terms

• chaud comme la braise

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• abries, baiser, braies

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

braise f (genitive singular braise)

1. brashness, flippancy

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

braise

1. inflection of bras (“great, strong; swift”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Further reading

• Entries containing “braise” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

References

• "braise" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Perhaps a transposition of barse; but compare German Brasse (“bream”), and English bream.

Noun

brasse (plural brasses)

1. A spotted European freshwater fish Sander lucioperca, resembling a perch.

Synonyms

• (Sander lucioperca): zander

Anagrams

• BSAers, Brases, Sabers, barses, besras, sabers, sabres

French

Etymology

From Latin (t?nsa) bracchia (“(outstretched) arms”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?as/

Noun

brasse f (plural brasses)

1. fathom (unit of measure)
2. (swimming) stroke
3. (swimming) breaststroke

   le 100 mètres à la brasse — 100 metre breaststroke (event)

See also

• toise

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• brases, sabres