bra

See also: břa, brá, brà, Brá, -bra, brå, Bra, and BRA

Translingual

Symbol

bra

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Braj.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Braj terms

English

Alternative forms

• brassiere, brassière (dated)

Pronunciation

• enPR: brä, IPA^(key): /bɹɑː/, [bɹɐ̞]
• (Ireland, Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): /bɹæ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

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

bra (plural bras)

1. An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]
   • 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:

     Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.

Derived terms

• balconette bra
• balcony bra
• bra burner
• bra-burning
• bra chain
• bra insert
• bra-ket
• braless
• bralette
• brami
• bullet bra
• cage bra
• cantilever bra
• car bra
• cold as a witch's tit in a brass bra
• demibra
• handbra
• jog bra
• jogging bra
• long-line bra
• maternity bra
• nursing bra
• peek-a-boo bra
• peekaboo bra
• plunge bra
• pocket bra
• push-up bra
• shelf bra
• sports bra
• starter bra
• trainer bra
• training bra
• T-shirt bra
• underwired bra
• Wonderbra
• wonderbra

Translations

brassiere

Afrikaans: bra (af), buustelyfie Albanian: gjimbajtëse f, sutienë f Apache: Western Apache: ibeʼbenastʼiʼí Arabic: حَمَّالَة صَدْر f (ḥammālat ṣadr), مِشَدّ صَدْر m (mišadd ṣadr) Egyptian Arabic: ستيان m (sutyān) Hijazi Arabic: سُتيانة f (sutyāna) South Levantine Arabic: ستيانة f (sityāne) Armenian: կրծկալ (hy) (krckal), լիֆչիկ (hy) (lifčʻik) Asturian: apertador m, sostén m Azerbaijani: lifçik, büstqalter Bashkir: күкрәксә (kükrəksə) Basque: bularretako (eu) Belarusian: бюстга́льтар m (bjusthálʹtar), ста́нік m (stánik), лі́фчык m (lífčyk) Bengali: বক্ষবন্ধনী (bn) (bokkhobondhoni), কাচুলি (bn) (kaculi), ব্রা (bra) Bulgarian: сутие́н (bg) m (sutién) Burmese: ဘရာစီယာ (my) (bha.raciya) Catalan: sostenidors (ca) m pl Cebuano: bra Chinese: Hokkien: 奶帕仔 (ling-phè-á / ni-phè-á) Mandarin: 奶罩 (zh) (nǎizhào), 胸罩 (zh) (xiōngzhào), 乳罩 (zh) (rǔzhào) Czech: podprsenka (cs) f Danish: brystholder (da), bh (da) c, (underwired bra) bøjle-bh c Dutch: bustehouder (nl) m, beha (nl) m Esperanto: mamzono, mamingo Estonian: rinnahoidja (et) Faroese: brósthaldari m Finnish: rintaliivit (fi) pl French: soutien-gorge (fr) m, (popular) soutif (fr), (dated) brassière (fr) f Georgian: ლიფი (lipi), აზღუდი (ka) (azɣudi), ბიუსტჰალტერი (biusṭhalṭeri) German: Büstenhalter (de) m, (abbreviation) BH (de) m, (colloquial) Busenhalter m Greek: στηθόδεσμος (el) m (stithódesmos) Ancient: στρόφιον n (stróphion) Hebrew: חֲזִיָה \ חזייה (he) f (khaziyá) Hindi: ब्रेजिअर (brejiar), ब्रा (brā), अँगिया (hi) f (aṅgiyā), ब्रेजियर (brejiyar) Hungarian: melltartó (hu), mt (hu) (abbreviation) Icelandic: brjóstahaldari (is) Indonesian: kutang (id), beha (id) Irish: cíochbheart (ga) m Italian: reggiseno (it) m, reggipetto (it) m Japanese: ブラジャー (ja) (burajā), ブラ (ja) (bura), 乳押さえ (ちちおさえ, chichiosae) (obsolete) Kazakh: емшекқап (emşekqap) Khmer: អាវទ្រនាប់ (ʼaaw trɔnŏəp), អាវស៊ូជាង (ʼaaw suuciəng) Korean: 브래지어 (ko) (beuraejieo), 브라 (ko) (beura) Kyrgyz: лифчик (lifcik), бюстгальтер (byustgalter) Lao: ເສື້ອຊ້ອນ (sư̄a sǭn), ອ້ຽງ (ʼīang) Latin: strophium n, cestus m Latvian: krūšturis m Lithuanian: liemenėlė f Luxembourgish: Soutien m Macedonian: гра́дник m (grádnik), пр́слук m (pŕsluk) Malay: bra, coli (ms) Maltese: riċipettu m Manx: coodagh keeagh Maori: pari, kopeū Mongolian: хөхний даруулга (xöxnii daruulga) ᠬᠥᠬᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (kökün-ü daruɣulg-a) (official) лифчик (mn) m (lifčik) ᠯᠢᠹᠼᠢᠺ (lifcik) (popular) хөхөвч (mn) m (xöxövč) ᠬᠥᠬᠦᠪᠴᠢ (kökübči) (standard in Inner Mongolia) Navajo: abeʼ bikʼéstiʼí Ngazidja Comorian: katshiri Norman: brâssiéthe f Norwegian: Bokmål: brystholder m, bysteholder m, behå m, BH (no) m, bh m Nynorsk: brysthaldar m, bystehaldar m, behå m, BH (no) m Persian: پستان بند (fa) (pestân band), سوتین (fa) (sutiyan), کرست (fa) (korset) Plautdietsch: Brosthaulta m Polish: biustonosz (pl) m, stanik (pl) m Portuguese: sutiã (pt) m Romanian: sutien (ro) n Russian: бюстга́льтер (ru) m (bjustgálʹter), ли́фчик (ru) m (lífčik) Rwanda-Rundi: isutiye Scottish Gaelic: uchd-aodach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: грудњак m Roman: grudnjak (sh) m Silesian: lojbik m Sinhalese: තනපට (tanapaṭa) Slovak: podprsenka (sk) f Slovene: nedrček (sl) m, modrček m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: nadrac m Upper Sorbian: nadrowc m Spanish: ajustador (es) m (Cuba), brasier (es) m (Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico), corpiño (es) m (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), sostén (es) m (now especially Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela), soutien m (Uruguay), sujetador (es) m (Spain) Swahili: sidiria (sw), kanchiri (sw) Swedish: behå (sv), bh (sv) c, bysthållare (sv), brösthållare Tagalog: bra (tl) Tajik: лифчик (lifčik) Tamil: மார்புக்கச்சை (mārpukkaccai) Tatar: күкрәкчә (tt) (kükräkçä) Telugu: బ్రా (te) (brā) Thai: ยกทรง (th) (yók-song) Tibetan: ནུ་ཤུབ། (nu shub) Tok Pisin: banis bilong susu Turkish: sütyen (tr), sutyen (tr) Turkmen: göwüslik, lifçik Ukrainian: бюстга́льтер (uk) m (bjusthálʹter), лі́фчик m (lífčyk) Urdu: برا (brā), بریجئر (brejiar) Uyghur: لىپتىك (liptik) Uzbek: siynaband (uz), ko'krakpech, lifchik (uz), byustgalter Vietnamese: xu-chiêng, xu chiêng (vi), nịt vú (regional) Volapük: dögipolian, dögistütian Welsh: bra m, bras (cy) m pl West Frisian: boarststipe, beha Yiddish: סטאַניק (stanik) Zazaki: sıtyen

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

bra-ket notation

Wikipedia

From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

1. (linear algebra, quantum mechanics) 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.

Antonyms

• ket

Derived terms

• eigenbra

Related terms

• bra-ket
• ket-bra

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: бра (bg) f (bra) Chinese: Mandarin: 左矢 (zuǒshǐ) Finnish: bra (fi) German: Bra n Italian: bra (it) m Polish: bra (pl) f

Etymology 3

Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”).

Noun

bra (plural bras)

1. (slang) Alternative form of bro; friend, mate

   Take it easy, bra!

   • 2009, Todd Johnson, Influence:

     “Famalam, I ain't even gon lie to ya man, I am super happy to be finally maxing out on parole my real. This violation was definitely a reality check Bra!” Influence replied to his comrade.

Further reading

• bra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rab, ABR, bar-, Arb., bar, BAR, ARB, RBA, Bar, arb, abr., Bar.

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English bra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɑː/

Noun

bra (plural bra's)

1. bra, brassiere
2. (Cape Afrikaans) bro, brah, bruh

Cebuano

Etymology

From English bra, shortened from brassiere, from French brassière.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bra

Noun

bra

1. a bra; a brassiere
   • 2011 — Monternel, Fred Fuentes, Isla (31 August), From Junquera with Love, SuperBalita

     “Nya, mora tag si Adan ug Eba ning kalakiha, Rael, kon hubuon ta ang basa tang mga sapot,” ni Emma nga misanong dayon sa gisugyot ni Israel ug paspas nga mihubo sa basa niyang blawos, bra, sayal ug panti. Ug nabantang ang bigot niyang lawas ug ang hamis ug puti niyang kutis sa atubangan ni Israel.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-la(k). Cognate with Old Chinese 射 (OC *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ, “to shoot (an arrow, etc.)”), Burmese မြား (mra:, “arrow”), Newar बला (balā).

Noun

bra

1. arrow

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɣa/

Noun

bra

1. arm

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

bra

Wikipedia ^id

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbra/ [ˈbra]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bra
• Homophone: Bra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bra, brassiere, 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”).

Noun

bra (plural bra-bra)

1. (fashion) bra, brassiere

   Synonyms: anak baju (Malay), baju dalam (Malay), (colloquial) beha, (obsolete, Standard Malay) coli, kutang

Hyponyms

• bra adhesif
• bra bando
• bra halter
• bra hamil
• bra menyusui
• bra olahraga
• bra tempel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sumbawa [Term?].

Noun

bra (plural bra-bra)

1. (dialect) water seepage in the container due to cracks [since 2024]

Further reading

• “bra”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016