Bratislava

See also: Bratslav

English

Etymology

From the name of Prince Bräslav.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɹætɪˈslɑːvə/, /ˌbɹɑːtɪˈslɑːvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Proper noun

Bratislava

1. The capital city of Slovakia.
2. The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.

Synonyms

• Pressburg

Derived terms

• Bratislavan

Translations

the capital of Slovakia

• Afrikaans: Bratislava, Bratislawa
• Albanian: Bratisllava f, Bratisllavë f
• Amharic: ብራቲስላቫ (bəratislava)
• Arabic: بُرَاتِسْلَافَا f (buratislāfā), بُرَاتِيسْلَافَا f (buratislāfā)
• Armenian: Բրատիսլավա (hy) (Bratislava)
• Azerbaijani: Bratislava (az)
• Belarusian: Брацісла́ва f (Bracisláva)
• Bengali: ব্রাতিস্লাভা (bratislabha)
• Bulgarian: Братислава f (Bratislava)
• Burmese: ဘရာတစ်လာဗာ (bha.rataclaba)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Братїсла́ва f (Bratjisláva)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 布拉迪斯拉發 / 布拉迪斯拉发 (bou³ laai¹ dik⁶ si¹ laai¹ faat³)

  Mandarin: 布拉迪斯拉發 / 布拉迪斯拉发 (zh) (Bùlādísīlāfā)

• Chuvash: Братиславӑ (Brat̬islavă)
• Czech: Bratislava (cs) f
• Danish: Bratislava (da)
• Dutch: Bratislava n
• Esperanto: Bratislavo
• Estonian: Bratislava (et)
• Finnish: Bratislava (fi)
• French: Bratislava (fr)
• Georgian: ბრატისლავა (ka) (braṭislava)
• German: Bratislava (de) n
• Greek: Βρατισλάβα f (Vratisláva), Μπρατισλάβα (el) f (Bratisláva)

  Ancient: Ἰστρόπολις f (Istrópolis)

• Hebrew: ברטיסלאבה \ בְּרָטִיסְלָבָה f (bratisláva)
• Hindi: ब्रातिस्लावा m (brātislāvā)
• Hungarian: Pozsony (hu)
• Icelandic: Bratislava
• Indonesian: Bratislava
• Irish: an Bhratasláiv f
• Italian: Bratislava (it) f
• Japanese: ブラチスラヴァ (ja) (Burachisurava), ブラチスラバ (ja) (Burachisuraba), ブラティスラヴァ (Buratisurava)
• Kabardian: Братиславэ (Bratislavɛ)
• Kazakh: Братислава (Bratislava)
• Khmer: ប្រាទីស្លាវ៉ា (km) (praatiislaavaa)
• Korean: 브라티슬라바 (ko) (Beuratiseullaba), 브라찌슬라바 (ko) (Beurajjiseullaba) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Bratîslava

• Kyrgyz: Братислава (ky) (Bratislava), Братислава (ky) (Bratislava)
• Lao: ບາຕິດສະລາວາ (bā tit sa lā wā)
• Latin: Posonium n
• Latvian: Bratislava f
• Lithuanian: Bratislava
• Macedonian: Бра́тислава f (Brátislava)
• Malay: Bratislava
• Maltese: Bratislava
• Marathi: ब्राटिस्लाव्हा n (brāṭislāvhā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Братислав (Bratislav)

• Navajo: Biwátiswaba
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bratislava (no)

  Nynorsk: Bratislava

• Ossetian: Братиславӕ (Bratislavæ)
• Pashto: براتيسلاوا f (bratīslāva)
• Persian: براتیسلاوا (berâtislâvâ)
• Polish: Bratysława (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bratislava (pt)
• Romanian: Bratislava (ro)
• Russian: Братисла́ва (ru) f (Bratisláva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бра̀тислава f, По̀жӯн m

  Roman: Bràtislava (sh) f, Pòžūn (sh) m

• Slovak: Bratislava (sk) f, Prešporok m
• Slovene: Bratislava f
• Spanish: Bratislava (es)
• Swedish: Bratislava (sv)
• Tajik: Братислава (Bratislava)
• Tatar: Братислава (Bratislawa)
• Thai: บราติสลาวา (braa-dtís-laa-wâa)
• Tibetan: བ་ར་ཏིསི་ལ་བ (ba ra tisi la ba)
• Turkish: Bratislava (tr)
• Turkmen: Bratislawa, Bratislava
• Ukrainian: Братисла́ва (uk) f (Bratysláva)
• Urdu: براٹیسلاوا m (brāṭislāvā), براتیسلاوا m (brātislāvā)
• Uyghur: براتىسلاۋا (bratislawa)
• Uzbek: Bratislava
• Vietnamese: Bra-ti-xla-va
• Yiddish: בראַטיסלאַוואַ n (bratislava), בראַטיסלאַווע n (bratislave), פּרעסבורג n (presburg), פּרעשבורג n (preshburg)

region

• Marathi: ब्राटिस्लाव्हा m (brāṭislāvhā)

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• Bratislawa

Proper noun

Bratislava

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Derived terms

• Bratislaviër
• Bratislavies

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbracɪslava]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Bratislava f (relational adjective bratislavský, demonym Bratislavan, female demonym Bratislavanka)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Bratislava
genitive	Bratislavy
dative	Bratislavě
accusative	Bratislavu
vocative	Bratislavo
locative	Bratislavě
instrumental	Bratislavou

Further reading

• “Bratislava”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Bratislava”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Bratislava”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “Bratislava” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Danish

Proper noun

Bratislava

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Slovak Bratislava. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbraː.tɪsˈlaː.vaː/, /ˌbraː.tisˈlaː.vaː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava n

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Synonyms

• Presburg (obsolete)

Estonian

Proper noun

Bratislava

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Slovak Bratislava

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁatɪsˈlaːva/, /ˈbʁatɪsˌlava/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava n (proper noun, genitive Bratislavas or (optionally with an article) Bratislava)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Bratislava
genitive	des	Bratislavas, Bratislava1
dative	dem	Bratislava
accusative	das	Bratislava

¹Optionally with an article.

Synonyms

• Pressburg

Icelandic

Proper noun

Bratislava n (proper noun, genitive singular Bratislava)

1. Bratislava (the capital of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava (sg-only neuter)

indefinite singular
nominative	Bratislava
accusative	Bratislava
dative	Bratislava
genitive	Bratislava

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Bratislava f

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾa.t͡ʃizˈla.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾa.t͡ʃizˈla.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bɾa.t͡ʃiʒˈla.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾa.t͡ʃizˈla.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾa.tiʒˈla.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾa.tiʒˈla.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾa.tiʒˈla.bɐ/ [bɾa.tiʒˈla.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brǎtislaʋa/
• Hyphenation: Bra‧ti‧sla‧va

Proper noun

Bràtislava f (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀тислава)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Declension

Declension of Bratislava

	singular
nominative	Bratislava
genitive	Bratislave
dative	Bratislavi
accusative	Bratislavu
vocative	Bratislavo
locative	Bratislavi
instrumental	Bratislavom

Slovak

Etymology

From the name of Prince Bräslav.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbracislava]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Bratislava f (relational adjective bratislavský, demonym Bratislavčan, female demonym Bratislavčanka)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

   Synonym: Prešporok m

Declension

Declension of Bratislava

	singulare tantum
nominative	Bratislava
genitive	Bratislavy
dative	Bratislave
accusative	Bratislavu
locative	Bratislave
instrumental	Bratislavou

Derived terms

• Bratislavčan m, Bratislavčanka f
• bratislavský (adj), bratislavsky (adverb)

Further reading

• “Bratislava”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾatisˈlaba/ [bɾa.t̪isˈla.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: Bra‧tis‧la‧va

Proper noun

Bratislava ?

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)

Derived terms

• bratislavo

Swedish

Proper noun

Bratislava n (genitive Bratislavas)

1. Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)