English

Proper noun

Brad

1. A diminutive of the male given names Bradley, Bradly, or Bradford.
2. A male given name

Anagrams

• bard
• darb
• drab

English

Noun

brad ‎(plural brads)

A brad (stationary fastener)

1. A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 5:

     Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.

2. (US, elementary school usage, particularly kindergarten and primary grades) A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.

Derived terms

• bradawl

Translations

Verb

brad ‎(third-person singular simple present brads, present participle bradding, simple past and past participle bradded)

1. (transitive) To attach using a brad.

Anagrams

• bard
• darb
• drab

Aromanian

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Albanian *brada (modern Albanian bredh), or alternatively a substrate cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way. Compare Megleno-Romanian and Daco-Romanian brad.

Noun

brad m ‎(plural bradz)

1. fir tree

Derived terms

• brãdic
• brãdet

See also

• ehlã/iehlã
• chin

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠad̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish brat ‎(“spoil, plunder, robbery”).

Noun

brad f ‎(genitive singular braide)

1. (literary) plunder

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

brad ‎(present analytic bradann, future analytic bradfaidh, verbal noun bradadh, past participle bradta)

1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of bradaigh ‎(“steal, pilfer; remove gently; steal away”)

Conjugation

Mutation

References

• "brad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 brat” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Albanian *brada (modern Albanian bredh), or alternatively a substrate cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way. Compare Aromanian and Daco-Romanian brad.

Noun

brad

1. fir tree

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *braidaz. Compare Old Frisian brēd (West Frisian breed), Old Saxon brēd (Low German breed, breet), Dutch breed, Old High German breit (German breit), Old Norse breiðr (Danish and Swedish bred), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 ‎(braiþs).

Pronunciation

Adjective

brād

1. broad

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: brood, brod, brode
  • English: broad
  • Scots: braid

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Albanian *brada (modern Albanian bredh), or alternatively a substratum cognate of it, and ultimately from an Indo-European source either way (a borrowing directly from (modern) Albanian would have presumably produced a form *brez). ^[1] Another theory suggests that it was reformed analogically from the plural brazi, and that the original form was *braz (reinterpreted as a plural, modeled on plurals such as coadă > cozi, pradă > prăzi, surd, > surzi). See also the Romanian alpine toponyms containing Breaza, which may correspond to the Albanian plural form bredha ^[2]. Compare also Aromanian brad.

Noun

brad m ‎(plural brazi)

1. fir, Abies alba.
2. pine tree.
3. pine wood.

Declension

Derived terms

• brădățel
• brădet
• brădioară
• brădiș
• brădișor
• brăduț

See also

• pin

References

1. ↑ Romanian Explanatory Dictionary
2. ↑ https://dexonline.ro/articol/Despre_leg%C4%83turile_rom%C3%A2nei_cu_albaneza

Volapük

Noun

brad ‎(plural brads)

1. arm

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɑːd/

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *brad, from Proto-Celtic *mratom.

Noun

brad m (uncountable)

1. treason
2. treachery

Mutation