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]‎^[1], lines 49–51; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 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

Noun

brama f (plural brames)

1. (Gherdëina) cream (of milk)

   N got de brama. ― A glass of cream.

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

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

Derived terms

• bramka
• bramkarka
• bramkarski
• bramkarz
• bramkowy
• bramny
• bramowy

 

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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28