braai

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“to grill”), from Dutch braden (“roast”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹaɪ/ Rhymes: -aɪ Hyphenation: braai === Noun === braai (countable and uncountable, plural braais) (South Africa) A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing. (chiefly South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe) A social meeting including the braaing of meat; a cookout. (uncountable) Meat cooked by this method. === Verb === braai (third-person singular simple present braais, present participle braaing or braaiing, simple past and past participle braaied) (chiefly South Africa, ambitransitive) To grill meat over an open flame (not on a gas grill). ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Abair, Rabia, baria, Ibara == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch braden, from Middle Dutch brâden, from Old Dutch brādan, from Proto-Germanic *brēdaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brɑːi/ === Verb === braai (present braai, present participle braaiende, past participle gebraai) (cooking) to grill meat over an open flame, to braai === Noun === braai (plural braaie) a barbecue (especially South African barbecue) an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing a social meeting, including the braaing of meat ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: braai → English: braai == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /braːi/ Hyphenation: braai Rhymes: -aːi === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“barbecue”), from Dutch braden. ==== Noun ==== braai m (plural braaien, diminutive braaitje n) a barbecue an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing a social meeting, including the braaing of meat === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== braai inflection of braaien: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative