Italian

Alternative forms

• braga

Noun

braca f ‎(plural brache)

1. trouser leg
2. (in the plural) trousers, pants, breeches
3. harness

Related terms

• sbracarsi
• imbracare

Anagrams

• barca
• cabra

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brāks, *brōks ‎(“rump, hindquarters, leggins, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- ‎(“rump, hock, hindquarters”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‎(“to break, crack, split”). Cognate with Latin suffrāgō ‎(“hindquarters, hock, rump”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbraː.ka/

Noun

brāca f ‎(genitive brācae); first declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) trousers, breeches (not worn by the Romans)

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• brācātus

Descendants

References

• braca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BRACA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)