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bra¹
- /bɹɑː/
- [bɹɐ̞]
- /bɹæ/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
Clipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, 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 (“forearm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “forearm”), from Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús (“short”) (because the forearm is shorter than the upper arm), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.
noun bras · brassiere · brassière
- An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval.
bra²
- /bɹɑː/
- [bɹɐ̞]
- /bɹæ/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.
noun bras · brassiere · brassière
- One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket.
Opposite: ket
bra³
- /bɹɑː/
- [bɹɐ̞]
- /bɹæ/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”).
noun bras · brassiere · brassière
- Alternative form of bro; friend, mate Take it easy, bra!
Bra⁴
proper noun
- A city in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; known for being the birthplace of the Bra sausage, and the Bra cheese.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: brassiere, bandeau, underwear, lingerie, sleeve, boot, shroud, cover, liner, laundry, bracket, support, fine, bel, sound, well
noun
Opposite: ket
Translations
Every language
noun brassiere
| Español | ajustador, brasier, corpiño, sostén, soutien, sujetador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 브래지어 beuraejieo, 브라 beura |
| 日本語 | ブラジャー burajā, ブラ bura, 乳押さえ chichiosae |
| 中文 | 奶罩 nǎizhào, 胸罩 xiōngzhào, 乳罩 rǔzhào |
| हिन्दी | ब्रेजिअर brejiar, ब्रेजियर brejiyar, ब्रा brā, अँगिया aṅgiyā |
| Kiswahili | sidiria, kanchiri |
| Português | sutiã |
| Français | soutien-gorge, soutif, brassière |
| Deutsch | Büstenhalter, BH, Busenhalter |
| Italiano | reggiseno, reggipetto |
| Ελληνικά | στηθόδεσμος stithódesmos |
| Română | sutien |
| Русский | бюстга́льтер bjustgálʹter, ли́фчик lífčik |
| Tiếng Việt | xu-chiêng, xu chiêng, nịt vú |
| العربية | حَمَّالَة صَدْر ḥammālat ṣadr, مِشَدّ صَدْر mišadd ṣadr |
| עברית | חֲזִיָה \ חזייה khaziyá |
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@misc{bra_2026,
title = {bra},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bra},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
