brasser

== English == === Alternative forms === brazzer === Etymology === From Cockney rhyming slang brass nail, or its reduced form brass, with the same meaning. === Pronunciation === (Ireland) enPR: brăzər IPA(key): /ˈbɹæzəɹ/ === Noun === brasser (plural brassers) (Ireland, slang) Prostitute. === References === == French == === Etymology === From Old French bracier, from brace (“malt”), from Gaulish *brakis (Latinized accusative bracem in Pliny) (compare Scottish Gaelic braich, Welsh brag), from Proto-Celtic *mrakis, from Proto-Indo-European *merk- (“to be soaked”) (compare Latin marceō (“to wither, droop”), North Frisian marig (“tallow”), Lithuanian mer̃kti (“to soak”), Ossetian марг (marg, “poison”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁa.se/ Homophones: brassai, brassé, brassée, brassées, brassés, brassez === Verb === brasser to brew (beer) (culture) to intermingle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== brasserie brasseur brassicole === Further reading === “brasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012