bravade

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹəˈveɪd/

Noun

bravade

1. Obsolete form of bravado.
   • c. 1655, Richard Fanshawe, The Lusiad:

     And fierce Bravade ſhall in a trice make vain

References

• “bravade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

bravade f (plural bravades)

1. (act of) bravado

Further reading

• “bravade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.