# bra
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Alternative forms

* brassiere, brassière (dated)

### Pronunciation

* enPR: brä, IPA: /bɹɑː/, [bɹɐ̞]
* (Ireland, Ottawa Valley) IPA: /bɹæ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* 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)
* 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
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

bra (plural bras)
* (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
### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

bra (plural bras)
* (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: /brɑː/

### Noun

bra (plural bra's)
* bra, brassiere
* (Cape Afrikaans) bro, brah, bruh

## Cebuano
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bra

### Noun

bra
* 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.

## Garo
### Etymology

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

### Noun

bra
* arrow

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French bras (“arm”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɣa/

### Noun

bra
* arm

## Javanese
### Romanization

bra
* Romanization of ꦧꦿ

## Khotanese
### Adjective

bra
* dear

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* brâs (continental Normandy)
* bras (Jersey, Guernsey)

### Etymology

From Old French bras, from Vulgar Latin *bracium, from Classical Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

### Noun

bra m (plural bras)
* (Sark, anatomy) arm

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from French brave.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾɑː/
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Adjective

bra (indeclinable, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)
* good, fine

#### Derived terms

* kjempebra

### Adverb

bra
* well

### See also

* god
* vel

### References

* “bra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from French brave.

### Adjective

bra (indeclinable, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)
* good, fine

#### Derived terms

* kjempebra

### See also

* god
* vel

### References

* “bra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈbra/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈbra/

### Verb

bra
* second-person and third-person singular of bráti

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bra”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वर (vara, “best; excellent; foremost; holy; precious; top; valuable; etc.”) (Doublet of awara (“screen”) and wara (“favour, gift”)). Compare Khmer ព្រះ (prĕəh), Thai พระ (prá).

### Prefix

bra
* prefix for royalty name

## Scots
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from braf (“good, brave”); from Low German brav; from French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo.

#### Adjective

bra (comparative mair bra, superlative maist bra)
* Very good or agreeable.

#### See also

* guid
* braw

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from bra, shortened from brassiere.

#### Noun

bra (plural bras)
* An item of underwear worn to support the breasts.

#### See also

* bra

## Swedish
### Etymology

Since at least 1621, from braf (“good, brave”); from Low German brav; from French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɑː/, [brɒ̜ː]
* Audio (Gotland):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Adjective

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)
* good (having pleasing or suitable qualities)
    Synonym: (jocular, childish) braig
    en bra filma good movie
    – Ska vi måla den blå? – Ja, det blir bra.– Should we paint it blue? – Yeah, that'll be good.
    Han är bra på tennisHe is good at tennis
    Hon är en bra människaShe is a (morally) good person (see the usage notes below)
* healthy or recovered (from an illness or injury or the like), well
    Jag är inte riktigt bra i benet änMy leg hasn't quite recovered yet ("I'm not quite well in the leg yet")
    – Känner du dig bättre idag? – Ja, men inte helt bra.– Are you feeling better today? – Yeah, but not completely well.
* quite large in extent or degree, good, goodly
    Synonym: (often a bit old-fashioned, but idiomatic in some cases where "bra" is not) god
    Det här kommer ta ett bra tagThis is going to take a good while
    Det är en bra bit att åkaIt's quite a distance to drive
    De tjänade en bra slantThey made a pretty penny ("made a sizable coin," "tjäna en slant" is idiomatic)

#### Usage notes

* "Good" as in morally good is more specifically god, but some overlap occurs since someone morally good can also be considered to have good qualities (be considered to be a "good kind of person").
* In informal (often jocular or childish) contexts, bäst may be inflected further and given the comparative bästare (bester) and the superlative bästast, bästaste (bestest); these forms are also nonstandard.

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### Adverb

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)
* well
    Mår du bra?Are you feeling well? / Are you okay?
    Han spelade bra idagHe played well today
* a good deal, quite (to quite a large extent or degree)
    Rattfylla är bra mycket vanligare bland mänDrunk driving is a good deal more common among men
    Den där älgen är bra stor!That moose is quite the big one!
    Filmen var bra kassThe movie was quite the stinker
    bra dåligsubstantially bad (literally also "good bad")

### See also

* väl
* god

### References

* bra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* -bar, bar

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bra.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbɾa/ [ˈbɾa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: bra

### Noun

bra (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇ)
* brassiere; bra
    Synonym: (uncommon) salungso

#### Derived terms

* magbra
* pagbabra

#### See also

* tapapetso

### Anagrams

* Abr., bar

## Yola
### Alternative forms

* braave

### Etymology

From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots braa (“fine”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /braː/
* IPA: /braːv/

### Adjective

bra
* brave, pretty well
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:Many a bra draught by Tommeen was ee-maate;Many a brave stroke by Tommy was made;

### References

* ↑ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 154
* ↑ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 27

## Zazaki
### Alternative forms

* bira, bıra

### Etymology

Compare Persian برادر (barâdar).

### Noun

bra
* brother