English

Noun

braise ‎(plural braises)

1. Alternative spelling of braize
2. A method of joining non-ferrous metal using a molten filler metal. Similar to soldering but distinct from welding in that the filler is melted but not the metal being joined.

Verb

braise ‎(third-person singular simple present braises, present participle braising, simple past and past participle braised)

1. (cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan. Somewhere between steaming and boiling.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

braise ‎(plural braises)

1. Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream).

Synonyms

• (Pagellus bogaraveo): becker

External links

• Pagellus centrodontus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pagellus centrodontus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

1. ↑ Alain Rey, ed., Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, s.v. "braise" (Paris: Le Robert, 2006).

Anagrams

• braies, rabies, Serbia

French

Etymology

From Middle French bresze, from Old French breze ‎(“ember, burning coal, gleed”), perhaps from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰 ‎(*brasa, “glowing coal”), from Proto-Germanic *brasō ‎(“gleed, crackling coal”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- ‎(“to crack, break, burst”). Cognate with Swedish brasa ‎(“to roast”), Icelandic brasa ‎(“to harden by fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛz/

Noun

braise f ‎(plural braises)

1. (singular or plural) embers
2. (slang) cash, dough

Anagrams

• abries, baiser, braies

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

braise f ‎(genitive singular braise)

1. brashness

Declension

Etymology 2

Adjective

braise

1. genitive singular feminine of bras
2. comparative degree of bras

Mutation

References

• "braise" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.