bra
An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breastsAn item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
» My bra is too small.
Mein Büstenhalter ist zu klein.
Бюстгальтер слишком маленький.
Бюстгальтер мне мал.
Лифчик мне мал.
Мне мал лифчик.
Мій бюстгалтер замалий.
Meaning
2 sensesAn item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
Büstenhalter, BH, Busenhalter
бюстга́льтерbjustgálʹter, ли́фчикlífčik
бюстга́льтерbjusthálʹter, лі́фчикlífčyk
an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket.
Bra
Examples
91 sentencesMy bra is too small.
Мій бюстгалтер замалий.
ruБюстгальтер слишком маленький.
deMein Büstenhalter ist zu klein.
Mary never wears a bra.
Мері ніколи не носить ліфчики.
Yumiko has a push-up bra.
ruУ Юмико есть пушап.
I always hand wash my bras.
deMeine BHs wasche ich immer von Hand.
Mary is not wearing a bra.
ruМэри без лифчика.
deMaria trägt keinen Büstenhalter.
Translations
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Origin
Clipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originallClipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium (“forearm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “forearm”), from Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús (“short”) (because the forearm is shorter than the upper arm), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.
From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.
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