different between brassy vs brasse

English

Etymology 1

brass +? -y

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian, General New Zealand, General South African) IPA^(key): /?b???.si/, /?b?æs.i/
• (US, Canada) enPR: br?s??, IPA^(key): /?b?æs.i/
• Rhymes: -??si, -æsi

Adjective

brassy (comparative brassier, superlative brassiest)

1. Resembling brass.

   The cup had a brassy color.

2. (informal) Impudent; impudently bold.

   Don't get brassy with me, young lady!

3. Unfeeling; pitiless.
4. Harsh in tone.

   an organ stop with a brassy tone

Related terms

• brass
• brazen

Translations

Etymology 2

• enPR: br?s??, IPA^(key): /?b?æs.i/
• Rhymes: -æsi

Noun

brassy (plural brassies)

1. Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”)
2. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.

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