bram

From Proto-Albanian *bradma, potentially from Proto-Indo-European *bʰln̥dʰ-nó-s, from *bʰlendʰ- (“blonde, red-haired, ruddy”). Compare Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhnà, “reddish, yellow”), Proto-Slavic *brodnь (“colored”).[1]

bram m (indefinite plural bramë, definite singular brami, definite plural bramët)

1. residue, scoria, rust, ear-wax

   Synonym: shtradh

From bramar.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾam/

bram m (plural brams)

1. bray
   • 2016, Sara Cano Fernández, Els empollons contraataquen:

     Però, soprenentment, el que va sortir de la boca de la Vella no va ser un dels seus típics xiscles rebentatimpans, sinó una riallada bastant semblant a un bram.

     But, surprisingly, what came out of the mouth of the Old Woman wasn't one of her typical ear-splitting screams but rather a guffaw quite similar to a bray.

2. roar

• “bram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bram”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “bram” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bram” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

bram

1. (obsolete) boastfulness, boasting, something used to boast with
   • 1832, Archiv for historie og geographie, page 129:

     Men desuagtet kunde mange Tilskuere , og selv saadanne, som ingen forfængelig Bram skuffer, ikke undertrykke en vis indvortes Bevægelse ved Synet af den Glands, der omstraaler den hellige Peters Stol ...

   • 1897, Christian Hostrup, Breve fra og till C. Hostrup

     ... en stille besindig Mand uden Spor af Bram, ikke af mange Ord ...

     ... a quiet, mindful man without a trace of boastfulness, not of many words ...

   • 1747, Speculum vita︠e︡ aulica︠e︡, eller, Den fordanskede Reynike Foss: hvori under dyrenes og andre forblummede navne moraliseres over det menniskelige levnet i almindelighed og hof-levnet i saerdelshed ..., page 460:

     ... de byde os til Giest , og lade os see deres Brask, Bram og Pral, ...

     ... they invite us as their guests, and let us see their boasting, boasting and boasting, ...

   • 1829, Maanedsskrift for litteratur, page 161:

     Vi ville troe Forfatteren paa hans Ord, at Elisabeth hadede al ydre Bram, ...

     We would believe the author on his word, that Elisabeth hated all outer splendour, ...

• med brask og bram (not obsolete)

bram ?

1. Used exclusively in the expression med brask og bram.

• IPA^(key): /bram/
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: bram

bram f

1. genitive plural of brama