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English

Etymology

Adjective

brak (comparative more brak, superlative most brak)

1. (South Africa) Brackish.
   • 1995, Bill Sheat, Gerald Schofield, Complete Gardening in Southern Africa (page 437)

     Brak soils, which continue to be a subject of research, are unlikely to provide a major stumbling block […] However, brak conditions and their effects underline many of the principles of good soil management […]

Anagrams

• bark, kbar, krab

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

German Brack (“defective goods, defect, flaw”).

Noun

brak

1. defect

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br?k/
• Hyphenation: brak
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brac. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

brak (comparative brakker, superlative brakst)

1. brackish
2. (colloquial) bad
3. (colloquial) hung over

Inflection

Derived terms

• brakheid
• uitbrakken

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bracke. Compare German Bracke, French braque, English brach, Italian bracco, Spanish braco. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

brak m or f (plural brakken, diminutive brakje n)

1. hound, brach (of either sex)

   Synonym: jachthond

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

brak

1. singular past indicative of breken

Anagrams

• bark, krab

Gothic

Romanization

brak

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse brak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra?k/

  Rhymes: -a?k

Noun

brak n (genitive singular braks, no plural)

1. crash, din
2. wreckage, broken wood, etc.

Declension

Derived terms

• brak og brestir (a colossal din)

Polish

Etymology

From Middle Low German brak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brak/

Noun

brak m inan

1. lack, dearth, scarcity
2. defect

Declension

Verb

brak (defective verb)

1. there is/are no; is/are wanting

Conjugation

Further reading

• brak in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• brak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bork?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brâ?k/

Noun

br?k m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. marriage

Declension

Derived terms

• br??n?

Uzbek

Etymology

From Russian ???? (brak), from Polish brak, from Middle Low German brak (“flaw, defect; breaking”).

Noun

brak (plural braklar)

1. reject, defective product

Declension

* Note: The type of possessive is not specified.

English

Noun

bras

1. plural of bra

Anagrams

• ABRs, ARBs, BARS, arbs, bars, sbar

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): /b?az/

Adjective

bras (comparative brasoc'h, superlative brasañ, exclamative brasat)

1. big

Mutation

Burushaski

Etymology

Uncertain, but compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice”), whence Tibetan ???? ('bras) and Mizo rah.

Noun

bras

1. rice

Cornish

Alternative forms

• broas (Revived Late Cornish)
• brâs (Standard Cornish)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras

1. big, great

Mutation

French

Etymology

From Middle French bras, from Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (brakhí?n). Displaced Old French feminine noun brace, ultimately from the same Latin and Ancient Greek roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?a/, /b??/
• (Northern France) and (Canada) IPA^(key): [b??], [b??]
  • Saguenay, Canada: IPA^(key): [b??]
• Rhymes: -a, Rhymes: -?
• Hyphenation: bras

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. arm

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Russian: ??? (bra)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bars

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pra?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)

1. soldering

Declension

Related terms

• brasa

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

Etymology 2

Noun

bras m (genitive singular brais, nominative plural brais)

1. Alternative form of prás (“brass”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

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

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *b??as.

Noun

bras

1. rice (uncooked seeds used as food)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French brace.

Noun

bras

1. Alternative form of brace

Etymology 2

From Old French bracier.

Verb

bras

1. Alternative form of bracen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (brakhí?n).

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. arm

Descendants

• French: bras

Norman

Alternative forms

• brâs (continental Normandy)
• bra (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (brakhí?n).

Pronunciation

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm

Related terms

• braichie (“armful”)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek ??????? (brakhí?n).

Noun

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

1. arm

Descendants

• Middle French: bras
  • French: bras
• Norman: bras

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): /bra?s/

Adjective

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

1. large, thick, fat
2. rough, coarse
3. rough, approximate
4. (letter) capital

Mutation

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