brassière
See also: brassiere
English edit
Noun edit
brassière (plural brassières)
- Alternative form of brassiere
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brassière f (plural brassières)
- child's vest
- (nautical) life jacket
- (dated outside Quebec) brassiere, bra
- Synonym: soutien-gorge
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “brassière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.