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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bras•siere or bras•sière/brəˈzɪr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothinga woman's undergarment for supporting the breasts.
Also called bra. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bras•siere (brə zēr′),USA pronunciation n. - Clothinga woman's undergarment for supporting the breasts.
Also, bras•sière′. Also called bra. - Latin -āria -ary
- French brassière bodice worn as an undergarment to support the breasts (now obsolete in this sense), Middle French bracieres camisole, Old French: armor for the arms, equivalent. to bras arm (see brace) + -ière, suffix added to body part nouns, the resultant derivative denoting an article for that part
- 1910–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: brassiere /ˈbræsɪə ˈbræz-/ n - a woman's undergarment for covering and supporting the breasts
Often shortened to: bra
Etymology: 20th Century: from C17 French: bodice, from Old French braciere a protector for the arm, from braz arm |