brau

== Catalan == === Etymology === Probably from Vulgar Latin *bravus. Compare Italian bravo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾaw] Rhymes: -aw === Noun === brau m (plural braus) bull ==== See also ==== toro m === Adjective === brau (feminine brava, masculine plural braus, feminine plural braves) brave, fierce 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, 2026 “brau”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Cimbrian == === Noun === brau f (plural braun, diminutive bròille) (Mezzaselva) alternative form of vrau ==== Declension ==== == Luxembourgish == === Verb === brau second-person singular imperative of brauen == Norn == === Alternative forms === brow (Orkney) === Etymology === From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. === Noun === brau (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 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) brittle, fragile, frail, weak Synonyms: bregus, breuedig, breulyd, breuol, briwllyd, hydor, hyfriw (figurative) morally weak, rotten Synonyms: braen, braenllyd perishable (of goods) Synonym: darfodus tender (of food) loose (of soil) Synonyms: brac, breulyd, breuol, ysgafn (baking) crumbly, short Synonym: briwsionllyd forthright, candid, harsh, blunt, brutally honest Synonyms: diflewyn-ar-dafod, parod, cyflym, buan, llym ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “brau”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin