brama

See also: Brama, bramá, bramà, and Bráma

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾa.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾa.ma]

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.ma/
• Homophones: bramas, bramât

Verb

brama

1. third-person singular past historic of bramer

Anagrams

• ambra

Galician

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: brà‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bramare (“to long, yearn for”) +‎ -a.

Noun

brama f (plural brame)

1. longing, yearning

   Synonyms: cupidigia, fame, sete, voglia

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[2], lines 49–51; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[3], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Ed una lupa, che di tutte brame ¶ sembiava carca ne la sua magrezza, ¶ e molte genti fé già viver grame,

     And a she-wolf, that with all hungerings seemed to be laden in her meagreness, ⁠and many folk has caused to live forlorn!

Derived terms

• bramoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Ambra, ambra, barma

Javanese

Romanization

brama

1. Romanization of ꦧꦿꦩ

Ladin

Etymology

Generally believed to descend from Gaulish *crama, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama-.
Another theory is that it is derived from German Rahm.

Noun

brama f (uncountable)

1. cream (of milk)

   n got de brama ― a glass of cream (Gherdëina)

   sbate la brama ― to whip the cream. (Badiot)

   brama baduta ― whipped cream (Fascian)

Alternative forms

• puter (Fascian)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

brama (present tense bramar, past tense brama, past participle brama, passive infinitive bramast, present participle bramande, imperative brama/bram)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bramma

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /brama/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /brama/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in 1471.

Noun

brama f

1. (attested in Greater Poland, Judaism) phylactery (box used by Jews during prayer, containing passages from the Bible written on parchment)
   • 1908 [c. 1500], Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490‎^[4], Lubiń, page 5:

     Fila[c]terium est membranula vel breuicellus, in quo scripta fuerat lex, vt seruaretur, quam antiqui deferebant ante pectus brama

     [Fila[c]terium est membranula vel breuicellus, in quo scripta fuerat lex, vt seruaretur, quam antiqui deferebant ante pectus brama]

   • 1908 [c. 1500], Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490‎^[5], Lubiń, page 5:

     Phila(c)teria sunt membrana phariseorum, in quibus decem precepta erant scripta, bra­my

     [Phila(c)teria sunt membrana phariseorum, in quibus decem precepta erant scripta, bra­my]

2. garter; anklet (ornaments worn by women on their legs or arms)
   • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 88:

     Polokthy, bramy, pachi *perichelides

     [Połokty, bramy, pachy *perichelides]

   • 1882 [XV p. post.], Emil Kałużniacki, editor, Kleinere altpolnische Texte aus Handschriften des XV. und des Anfangs des XVI. Jahrhunderts‎^[6], page 281:

     *Perichileydes id est bramy

     [*Perichileydes id est bramy]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle High German brem / breme. First attested in c. 1500.

Noun

brama f

1. (attested in Greater Poland, hapax legomenon) fringe (edge of a garment)
   • 1908 [c. 1500], Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490‎^[7], Lubiń, page 5:

     Fimbria est extremitas vestis, brąmą; hora etc. quarto significat fimbriam vestimenti, ein sawm, bramą

     [Fimbria est extremitas vestis, brama; hora etc. quarto significat fimbriam vestimenti, ein sawm, brama]

References

• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “brama 2”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• K. Nitsch, editor (1954), “brama 2-3”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 153
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “2. brama”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “3. brama”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “1. Brama”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “2. Brama”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech brána, from Proto-Slavic *borna. Doublet of brona (“harrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: bra‧ma
• Homophone: Brahma

Noun

brama f (diminutive bramka)

1. gate

   Synonyms: podwoje, wrota

2. (Wrocław) stairwell

   Synonym: klatka schodowa

Declension

Declension of brama

	singular	plural
nominative	brama	bramy
genitive	bramy	bram
dative	bramie	bramom
accusative	bramę	bramy
instrumental	bramą	bramami
locative	bramie	bramach
vocative	bramo	bramy

Descendants

• → Belarusian: бра́ма (bráma)
• → Ukrainian: бра́ма (bráma)

Further reading

• brama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ̃.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ̃.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ.ma/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
• Hyphenation: bra‧ma

Etymology 1

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾamə/

Noun

brama m

1. genitive singular of braim (“fart”)

Mutation

Mutation of brama

radical	lenition
brama	bhrama

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾama/ [ˈbɾa.ma]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: bra‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bramar, perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌽 (*bramōn), cognate with Middle Low German brammen, Old High German brëman, and Old English bremman.

Noun

brama f (plural bramas)

1. (zoology) rut, mating season

Etymology 2

Verb

brama

1. inflection of bramar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “brama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10