brau

See also: brâu and Brau

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *bravus. Compare Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾaw]

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• Rhymes: -aw

Noun

brau m (plural braus)

1. bull

See also

• toro m

Adjective

brau (feminine brava, masculine plural braus, feminine plural braves)

1. brave, fierce
2. rough, abrupt (sea and coastline)

Derived terms

• bravament
• bravesa
• embravir

Further reading

• “brau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “brau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “brau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cimbrian

Noun

brau f (plural braun, diminutive bròille)

1. (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of vrau

Declension

Declension of brau – 6th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	brau	de	braun
accusative	an	de	brau	de	braun
dative	anara	dar	braun	in	braun

Luxembourgish

Verb

brau

1. second-person singular imperative of brauen

Norn

Alternative forms

• (Orkney) brow

Etymology

From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Noun

brau

1. (Shetland) bread

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. Compare German braun, Dutch bruin, English brown.

Adjective

brau

1. brown

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brus-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrus- (“to break apart, to shred”). Cognate with Cornish brew, Old Irish bruid. See also: briw (“wound, injury”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /braɨ̯/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /brai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /brɔi̯/

Adjective

brau (feminine singular brau, plural breuon, equative breued, comparative breuach, superlative breuaf)

1. brittle, fragile, frail, weak

   Synonyms: bregus, breuedig, breulyd, breuol, briwllyd, hydor, hyfriw

2. (figurative) morally weak, rotten

   Synonyms: braen, braenllyd

3. perishable (of goods)

   Synonym: darfodus

4. tender (of food)
5. loose (of soil)

   Synonyms: brac, breulyd, breuol, ysgafn

6. (baking) crumbly, short

   Synonym: briwsionllyd

7. forthright, candid, harsh, blunt, brutally honest

   Synonyms: diflewyn-ar-dafod, parod, cyflym, buan, llym

Derived terms

• breuder, breuawd, breurwydd (“brittleness, frailness”)
• breuedig (“brittle”)
• breulifaid (“whetted, sharpened on a stone”)
• breulyd, breuol (“fragile, loose”)
• crwst brau (“shortcrust pastry”)
• ffiolredyn brau (“brittle bladder-fern”)
• teisen frau (“shortbread”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of brau

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
brau	frau	mrau	unchanged

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