English Explanatory Dictionary

brae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sloping bank of a river valley.
  2. Any hillside or slope.

Pronunciation

/bɹeɪ/ /bɹɪə/ /bɹiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brae1.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brae2.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brae3.wav /bɾe/

Word forms

brae braes

Etymology

From Middle English bro, bra (“bank of a stream; raised edge of a ditch or pit”), from Old Norse brá (“eyebrow; eyelash”) (probably in the sense of the brow of a hill), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō (“eyebrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“eyebrow”). The English word is cognate with Old English brǣw, brēaw (“eyelid”), Old High German brāwa (Middle High German brā, modern German Braue (“eyebrow”)), Old Saxon brāwa, brāha (“eyebrow; eyelash”); and is a doublet of bree (“(Scotland) brow; forehead; (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) eyebrow; eyelid”) and brow.

Derived words

Bellbrae braeface Braefield Braehead braeman Braemeadows Braeside Glenbrae Gowanbrae Heatherbrae Logie Brae Orchard Brae Sunnybrae Urrbrae
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