bra

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

bra - Translingual

Symbol

bra

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

bra - English

Alternative forms

brassiere, brassière (dated)

Pronunciation

enPR: brä, IPA: /bɹɑː/
(Ireland): IPA: /bɹæ/

Noun

bra (plural bras)

An item of underwear worn to support the breasts.

Derived terms

Translations

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) (lifčʿik)
Asturian: apertador m, sostén m
Azerbaijani: lifçik, büstqalter
Bashkir: күкрәксә (kükräksä)
Basque: bularretako (eu)
Belarusian: бюстга́льтар m (bjusthálʹtar), ста́нік m (stánik), лі́фчык m (lífčyk)
Bengali: বক্ষবন্ধনী (bokkhobondhoni), কাচুলি (kaculi), ব্রা (bra)
Bulgarian: сутие́н (bg) m (sutién)
Burmese: ဘရာစီယာ (my) (bha.raciya)
Catalan: sostenidors (ca) m pl
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 奶罩 (zh) (nǎizhào), 胸罩 (zh) (xiōngzhào), 乳罩 (zh) (rǔzhào)
- Min Nan: 奶帕仔 (ling-phè-á/ni-phè-á)
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 (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 (abbreviation)
Icelandic: brjóstahaldari
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 (lifçik), бюстгальтер (byustgalʹter)
Lao: ເສື້ອຊ້ອນ (lo) (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
Maltese: riċipettu m
Manx: coodagh keeagh
Maori: pari
Mongolian:
- хөхний даруулга (xöxnii daruulga) ᠬᠥᠬᠦᠨ ᠦᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (kökün-ü daruɣulɣ'a) (official)
- лифчик (mn) m (lifčik) ᠯᠢᠹᠼᠢᠺ (lifcik) (popular)
- хөхөвч (mn) m (xöxövč) ᠬᠥᠬᠦᠪᠴᠢ (kökübči) (standard in Inner Mongolia)
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
Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: nadrac m
- Upper Sorbian: nadrowc m
Spanish: ajustador (es) m (Cuba), brasier 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), ста́ник m (stányk)
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

Noun

bra (plural bras)

(physics) 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

Related terms

bra-ket
ket-bra

Translations

Finnish: bra (fi)
German: Bra n
Polish: bra (pl) f

Noun

bra (plural bras)

(slang) Alternative form of bro; friend, mate
- Take it easy, bra!

Anagrams

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

bra - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA: /brɑː/

Noun

bra (plural bra's)

bra, brassiere
(Cape Afrikaans) bro, brah, bruh

bra - Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bra

Noun

bra

a bra; a brassiere

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see bra.

bra - Garo

Noun

bra

arrow

bra - Haitian Creole

Noun

bra

bra - Khotanese

Adjective

bra

dear

bra - Norman

Alternative forms

brâs (continental Normandy)
bras (Jersey, Guernsey)

Noun

bra m (plural bras)

(Sark, anatomy) arm

bra - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA: /bɾɑː/

Adjective

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

good, fine

Derived terms

kjempebra

Adverb

bra

well

bra - Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

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

good, fine

Derived terms

kjempebra

bra - Scots

Adjective

bra (comparative mair bra, superlative maist bra)

Very good or agreeable.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

An item of underwear worn to support the breasts.

bra - Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA: /brɑː/, /brɒː/

Adjective

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

good
- Synonym: (jocular, childish) braig

Usage notes

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

Inflection of bra
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	bra	bättre	bäst
Neuter singular	bra	bättre	bäst
Plural	bra	bättre	bäst
Masculine plural³	bra	bättre	bäst
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	bra	bättre	bäste
All	bra	bättre	bästa
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic