bras

See also: BRAS, braś, brâs, Brás, Braś, -bras, and برس

English

Pronunciation

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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): /bʁaz/

Adjective

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

1. big

   Antonym: bihan

Mutation

  Mutation of bras  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
simple form	bras	vras	never occurs	never occurs
comparative	brasoc'h	vrasoc'h	never occurs	never occurs
superlative	brasañ	vrasañ	unchanged	prasañ
exclamative	b{{{5}}}	v{{{5}}}	unchanged	p{{{5}}}

Cornish

Alternative forms

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *brassos (“large”).

Adjective

bras

1. big, great

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *mratom. Cognate with Welsh brad and Irish brath

Noun

bras m (plural brasow)

1. plot, conspiracy

Mutation

  Mutation of bras  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bras	vras	unchanged	pras	fras	vras

Franco-Provençal

Noun

bras m

1. arm

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bras, from Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Displaced Old French feminine noun brace, ultimately from the same Latin and Ancient Greek roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa/, /bʁɑ/

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• (Northern France) and (Canada) IPA^(key): [bʁɑ], [bʁɔ]
  • Saguenay, Canada: IPA^(key): [bʁɑ]
• Rhymes: -a, Rhymes: -ɑ
• Hyphenation: bras

Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. arm

Derived terms

• à bras ouverts
• à bras raccourcis
• à bras-le-corps
• à tour de bras
• arrière-bras
• avant-bras
• avoir le bras long
• avoir quelque chose sur les bras
• baisser les bras
• bras cassé
• bras de fer
• bras de mer
• bras dessus, bras dessous
• bras droit
• bras d’honneur (bras d’honneur)
• bras mort
• bras séculier
• brassage
• brassard
• brasse
• brasser
• brasserole
• brassière
• clé de bras
• clef de bras
• coûter un bras
• dans les bras de Morphée
• dessous de bras
• embrasser
• en bras de chemise
• fier-à-bras
• jouer les gros bras
• jouer petit bras
• les bras m’en tombent
• long comme le bras
• petit bras
• rester les bras croisés
• se croiser les bras
• tendre les bras

 

Descendants

• → Russian: бра (bra)
  • → Georgian: ბრა (bra)

Further reading

• “bras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bars

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /praːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

bras n (genitive singular brass, no plural)

1. soldering

Declension

declension of bras

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	bras	brasið
accusative	bras	brasið
dative	brasi	brasinu
genitive	brass	brassins

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

Declension of bras

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bras	bhras	brasa; bhrasa²
Vocative	bhrais		brasa
Genitive		brase	brasa	bras
Dative	bras; bhras¹	bhras; bhrais (archaic)	brasa; bhrasa²
Comparative	níos brase
Superlative	is brase

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

Noun

bras m (genitive singular brais, nominative plural brais)

1. Alternative form of prás (“brass”)

Declension

Declension of bras

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bras brais Vocative a bhrais a bhrasa Genitive brais bras Dative bras brais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bras na brais Genitive an bhrais na mbras Dative leis an mbras don bhras leis na brais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bras	bhras	mbras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bræs; further origin uncertain.

Alternative forms

• braas, brace, brass, brasse, bres

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bras/

Noun

bras (uncountable)

1. brass (copper alloy)
2. copper (element Cu)
3. (rare) molten copper

Descendants

• English: brass
• Scots: bress
• → Irish: prás
• → Scottish Gaelic: pràis

References

• “bras, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

bras

1. Alternative form of brace

Etymology 3

Verb

bras

1. Alternative form of bracen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

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 βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

bras m (plural bras)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) arm

Related terms

• braichie (“armful”)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

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

1. arm

Descendants

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Doublet of wĕas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bras/

Noun

bras

1. husked rice

   Synonym: wĕas

Alternative forms

• bĕras

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦼꦫꦱ꧀ (beras)
• → Balinese: ᬩᭂᬭᬲ᭄ (beras)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brasse.

Noun

bras n (plural brasuri)

1. breaststroke

Declension

Declension of bras

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bras	brasul	(niște) brasuri	brasurile
genitive/dative	(unui) bras	brasului	(unor) brasuri	brasurilor
vocative	brasule		brasurilor

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): /braːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

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

   Synonyms: pennog, mawr

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bras	fras	mras	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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