English

Etymology 1
Shortened from brassiere

Pronunciation
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enPR|brä, IPA|/br��/, SAMPA|/brA:/
:rhymes|��

Noun
wikipedia|Brassiere
en-noun

1. a brassiere

Derived terms
maternity bra
nursing bra
push-up bra

Translations
trans-top|brassiere
Albanian: gjimbajtëse f, sutjen f, sytjen f
Arabic: ARchar|ح�ا�ة صدر (ħammá:la �adr), ARchar|س�ت�ا� (sutiyá:n) m
Armenian: Õ¯Ö�Õ®Õ¯Õ¡Õ¬ (krtskal)
Bulgarian: ���иен (sutien) m
Chinese: 奶罩 (n�i zhào), �罩 (xi�ng zhào)
Croatian: grudnjak
Czech: podprsenka
Dutch: bustenhouder m, bh m, beha m
Dutch: bustenhouder m, bh m, beha m
Esperanto: mamzono
Estonian: rinnahoidja
Finnish: rintaliivit p
French: soutien-gorge m
Frisian: boarststipe
German: Büstenhalter m (abbreviation BH m)
Greek, Modern: �ο��ιέν (soutién)
Hebrew: ����� (khaziya) f
Hungarian: abra, melltartó
Indonesian: BH, kutang
Italian: reggipetto m
Japanese: �� (bura), ����� (buraj�)
Khmer: KMchar|������� (aow dtroh-noep)
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Kinyarwanda: isutiye
Korean: ���� (beuraeji-eo)
Latvian: krūšturis
Malay: culi, coli, baju dalam perempuan, anak baju perempuan
Manx Gaelic: coodagh keeagh
Norwegian: bysteholder
Persian: FAchar|پستا� ب�د (pestan band)
Polish: biustonosz m, stanik m
Portuguese: porta-scios, sutiã, camisola
Romanian: brasier�, sutien
Russian: б���гал��е� (b'ustgál�ter) m, ли��ик (líf�ik) m
Slovak: podprsenka f
Spanish: ajustador m italbrac|Cuba, brasier m italbrac|Central America|Colombia|Dominican Republic|Mexico|Puerto Rico, corpiño m italbrac|Argentina|Paraguay|Uruguay, sostén m italbrac|now especially Bolivia|Chile|Ecuador|Venezuela, soutien m italbrac|Uruguay, sujetador m italbrac|Spain
Swedish: behå
Thai: THchar|��รื�อ�ย��ร� (kheerìì'ongyôkthrong)
Turkish: sutyen
Vietnamese: cái xú chiên, cái n�t ngực zhào)
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Etymology 2
From bracket

Noun
wikipedia|Bra-ket_notation
en-noun

1. physics One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the other being the ket.

Related terms
bra-ket notation

Antonyms
ket

Etymology 3
Representing a bastardized pronunciation of bro, meaning brother

Noun
rfv
en-noun

1. slang friend<!--, used in lieu of the cockney or Australian "mate", also thought to be a bastardization of "bro," which is short for brother-->

<!--One (grammatically correct) example is sufficient: #: Wha'ppening bra?-->
#: Take it easy, bra!
#:*"Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on bra, la-la how the life goes on" ~ w:Lennon/McCartney|Lennon/McCartney?, w:Ob-La-Di,_Ob-La-Da|Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, 1968.

Swedish
sv-adj-irreg|bra|bra|bra|bra|bra|bättre|bäste|bästa|bästa|bäst

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-bra.ogg|audio
IPA|/br��/, SAMPA|/brA:/

Adjective
bra

1. good

Adverb
sv-adv-irreg|bra|bättre|bäst
bra

1. well

See also
väl

fr:bra
ko:bra
hy:bra
io:bra
ku:bra
hu:bra
no:bra
pl:bra
pt:bra
ru:bra
fi:bra
sv:bra
vi:bra
tr:bra
zh:bra

• 2007-11-28 17:12 - Mike - /* Swedish */ infl of adv.

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