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Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (to grill), from Dutch braden (roast).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɹaɪ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Hyphenation: braai

Noun

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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, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe) A social meeting, including the braaing of meat; a cookout.
    Come over to our place for a braai.

Verb

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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 (not on a gas grill).
    • 2015 June 1, Pamela Power, Ms Conception, Penguin Random House South Africa, →ISBN:
      [] so we decide to braai some ribs for supper.
    • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 89:
      You sniff the air. Smoke. Spices. One of the residents on the road has been, or perhaps is still, braaing.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch braden, from Middle Dutch brâden, from Old Dutch brādan, from Proto-Germanic *brēdaną.

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Verb

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

  1. (cooking) to grill meat over an open flame, to braai
    Nou gaan ons braai
    We are going to braai now
    Ek mag nie vleis in my tuin braai nie.
    I am not allowed to braai in my garden.

Noun

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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!

Descendants

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  • Dutch: braai
  • English: braai

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (barbecue), from Dutch braden.

Noun

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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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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braai

  1. inflection of braaien:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative