bractea

== English == === Noun === bractea (plural bracteas) Alternative form of bract. === Anagrams === abacter, abreact, bear cat, bearcat, cabaret, cat bear == Latin == === Alternative forms === bratea, brattea === Etymology === Perhaps related to Greek βράχω, to rattle. === Noun === bractea f (genitive bracteae); first declension gold leaf (or other thin sheet of metal), foil veneer Fig. show, glitter ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: bract → French: bractée === References === “bractea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bractea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “bractea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.