"braça" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Catalan]

IPA: [ˈbɾa.sə] [Balearic, Central, Northern], [ˈbɾa.sa] [Northwestern, Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-braça.wav (note: Barcelona) Forms: braces [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ca|la|brachia|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin brachia, {{inh+|ca|la|brachia}} Inherited from Latin brachia, {{der|ca|grc|βραχίων||upper arm}} Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”) Head templates: {{ca-noun|f}} braça f (plural braces)
  1. breaststroke Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-braça-ca-noun-hDwy17pP Categories (other): Swimming Disambiguation of Swimming: 57 43
  2. (historical, measure) braza, a Spanish brace or fathom, a former unit of length Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-braça-ca-noun-5G0nlvEh Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Units of measure Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 39 25 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 55 8 29 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: peu (1⁄6 braça), vara (1⁄2 braça), pas, passa (5⁄6 braça)

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈbɾa.sɐ/ [Brazil], /ˈbɾa.sɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: braças [plural]
Rhymes: -asɐ Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese braça, from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish braza, Catalan braça, and Italian braccia. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|braça}} Old Galician-Portuguese braça, {{inh|pt|la|brachia}} Latin brachia, {{der|pt|grc|βραχίων||upper arm}} Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”), {{cog|gl|-}} Galician, {{cog|es|braza}} Spanish braza, {{cog|ca|braça}} Catalan braça, {{cog|it|braccia}} Italian braccia Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} braça f (plural braças)
  1. (historical) Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of length about equal to 2.2 m Tags: feminine, historical Coordinate_terms (unit of length): dedo (1⁄120 braça), polegada (1⁄80 braça), palmo (1⁄10 braça), pé (3⁄20 braça), côvado (3⁄10 braça), vara (1⁄2 braça), passo (3⁄4 braça), toesa (9⁄10 braça)
    Sense id: en-braça-pt-noun-811g9g~L Disambiguation of 'unit of length': 80 20
  2. (historical) cubic Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 m³, particularly used in measuring earthwork Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-braça-pt-noun-YNc4TB-e Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Units of measure Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: braço, milha, légua

Inflected forms

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        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cubic Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 m³, particularly used in measuring earthwork"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cubic",
          "cubic"
        ],
        [
          "Portuguese",
          "Portuguese"
        ],
        [
          "brace",
          "brace"
        ],
        [
          "fathom",
          "fathom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) cubic Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 m³, particularly used in measuring earthwork"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɾa.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɾa.sɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-asɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "braça"
}

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