bra
/bɹɑː/ · noun
Meaning
- An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
- 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.
- Alternative form of bro; friend, mate
- A city in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; known for being the birthplace of the Bra sausage, and the Bra cheese.
Etymology / origin
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.
- *mréǵʰus(ine-pro)→
- *brəkʰús(grk-pro)→
- βραχίων(Ancient Greek)→
- bracchium(Latin)→
- bracchia(Latin)→
- brace(Old French)→
- braciere(fro)→
- brassière(French)→
- *mreǵʰ-(ine-pro)→
- bra (English)
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Related words
Descendant words
- bra(Afrikaans) (bor)
- bra(Cebuano) (bor)
- bra(Cornish) (bor)
- Bra(German) (der)
- bra(Indonesian) (bor)
- ブラ(Japanese) (bor)
- 브라(Korean) (bor)
- bra(Tagalog) (bor)
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