"braai" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹaɪ/ Audio: en-braai.ogg Forms: braais [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“to grill”), from Dutch braden (“roast”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|af|braai||to grill}} Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“to grill”), {{der|en|nl|braden||roast}} Dutch braden (“roast”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} braai (plural braais)
  1. (South Africa) A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing. Tags: South-Africa Categories (topical): Meals
    Sense id: en-braai-en-noun-TCLveKCY Disambiguation of Meals: 51 16 33 Categories (other): South African English
  2. (chiefly South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe) A social meeting, including the braaing of meat; a cookout. Tags: Botswana, South-Africa, Zimbabwe
    Sense id: en-braai-en-noun-INDCaxrz Categories (other): Botswanan English, South African English, Zimbabwe English

Verb

IPA: /bɹaɪ/ Audio: en-braai.ogg Forms: braais [present, singular, third-person], braaing [participle, present], braaiing [participle, present], braaied [participle, past], braaied [past]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“to grill”), from Dutch braden (“roast”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|af|braai||to grill}} Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“to grill”), {{der|en|nl|braden||roast}} Dutch braden (“roast”) Head templates: {{en-verb|+|~ng|+|pres_ptc2=+}} braai (third-person singular simple present braais, present participle braaing or braaiing, simple past and past participle braaied)
  1. (chiefly South Africa) To grill meat over an open flame (not on a gas grill). Tags: South-Africa Derived forms: braaivleis, bring-and-braai, minibraai, spitbraai Coordinate_terms: barbecue, barbeque, barbie, BBQ, chisa nyama
    Sense id: en-braai-en-verb-sTNUsyKu Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 27 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 5 5 1 2 5 5 22 22 2 7 7 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 5 5 1 1 5 5 25 25 1 7 7 12

Inflected forms

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