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brazier¹

  • /ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/
  • /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈbɹeɪ.zjə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒɚ/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʒə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English brasiere, from brasen (“to cover with brass”), from Old English brasian, bræsian (“to cover with brass”). By surface analysis, bras(s) + -ier.

noun braziers · brasier

  1. A worker in brass; a brassworker.

    Similar: brassworker

brazier²

  • /ˈbɹeɪʒəɹ/
  • /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈbɹeɪ.zjə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈbɹeɪ.ʒɚ/ US

Rhymes with -eɪʒə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From French brasier (“pan of hot coals”), from Middle French braisier, from Old French brasier, from brese (“embers, hot coals”), of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brasō. See braise.

noun braziers · brasier

  1. An upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal for a source of light or heat. One of them came forward, and, producing a lamp, lit it from his brazier (for the Amahagger when on a journey nearly always carried with them a little lighted brazier, from which to provide fire).

Brazier³

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a worker in brass.

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noun an upright standing or hanging metal bowl used for holding burning coal

Españolbrasero
한국어화로 hwaro
日本語火鉢 hibachi
中文火盆 huǒpén
हिन्दीअंगीठी aṅgīṭhī, अँगीठी aṅgīṭhī
Portuguêsbraseiro
Françaisbrasier, braséro, mangal
DeutschFeuerschale, Kohlenbecken
Italianobraciere
Ελληνικάπύραυνος pýravnos, φουφού foufoú, μαγκάλι magkáli
Românămangal
Русскийжаро́вня žaróvnja, манга́л mangál
العربيةمَجْمَرَة majmara, مَنْقَل manqal, مِنْقَل minqal

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@misc{brazier_2026,
  title = {brazier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brazier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}