braid

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• /bɹeɪd/
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• homophone: brayed
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From Middle English braiden, breided, bræiden, from Old English breġdan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrēḱ-, *bhrēǵ- (“to shine, shimmer”). Cognate with Scots Scots brade, Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) and Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”).

From Middle English brede, bræd, bred, from Old English bred (“board, plank, tablet, table”), from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą (“board, plank”), e-grade byform of *burdą (“board, plank”). Cognate with Scots bred, braid, brad (“board, plank, wooden tablet”), Saterland Frisian Brääd (“board, plank”), West Frisian bret (“board, plank”), Dutch bred, berd (“plank, table”), German Low German Bredd (“board, plank”), German Brett (“board, plank”), Danish bræt (“board, plank”)..

259 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: ruk — sudden movement
• Faroese: rykk — sudden movement
• French: galon — sudden movement
• German: Ruck — sudden movement
• Arabic: جَدِيلَة (jadīla) — weave of three or more strands
• Arabic: ضَفِيرَة (ḍafīra) — weave of three or more strands
• Arabic: ضفيرة (ḍifīra) — weave of three or more strands
• Arabic: ضَفيرة (ḍafīra) — weave of three or more strands
• Iraqi Arabic: ضَفِيرَة (ḍafīra) — weave of three or more strands
• Armenian: հյուսք (hyuskʻ) — weave of three or more strands
• Armenian: ծամ (cam) — weave of three or more strands
• Bashkir: толом (tolom) — weave of three or more strands
• Bulgarian: плитка (plitka) — weave of three or more strands
• Catalan: trena — weave of three or more strands
• Chinese Mandarin: 辮子 /辫子 (biànzi) — weave of three or more strands
• Czech: cop — weave of three or more strands
• Danish: fletning — weave of three or more strands
• Dutch: vlecht — weave of three or more strands
• Finnish: letti — weave of three or more strands
• French: tresse — weave of three or more strands
• French: natte — weave of three or more strands
• Galician: crencha — weave of three or more strands
• Galician: trinca — weave of three or more strands
• Galician: arello — weave of three or more strands
• Galician: cadrelo — weave of three or more strands
• Galician: baderna — weave of three or more strands
• Galician: réstea — weave of three or more strands
• German: Zopf — weave of three or more strands
• German: Litze — weave of three or more strands
• German: geflochtenes Band — weave of three or more strands
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 (flahta) — weave of three or more strands
• Greek: πλεξίδα (plexída) — weave of three or more strands
• Greek: πλόκαμος (plókamos) — weave of three or more strands
• Hebrew: צַמָּה (tzamá) — weave of three or more strands
• Hungarian: fonat — weave of three or more strands
• Italian: treccia — weave of three or more strands
• Japanese: 組み紐 (kumihimo) — weave of three or more strands
• Latvian: pīne — weave of three or more strands
• Macedonian: плетенка (pletenka) — weave of three or more strands
• Macedonian: плетеница (pletenica) — weave of three or more strands
• Norman: tresse — weave of three or more strands
• Norwegian: flette — weave of three or more strands
• Persian: گیس بافت (gis-bâft) — weave of three or more strands
• Persian: گیس (gis) — weave of three or more strands
• Polish: warkocz — weave of three or more strands
• Polish: kosa — weave of three or more strands
• Portuguese: trança — weave of three or more strands
• Quechua: simp'a — weave of three or more strands
• Quechua: simpa — weave of three or more strands
• Quechua: pillta — weave of three or more strands
• Romani: chunra — weave of three or more strands
• Romanian: împletitură — weave of three or more strands
• Russian: коса́ (kosá) — weave of three or more strands
• Russian: галу́н (galún) — weave of three or more strands
• Serbo-Croatian: gajtan — weave of three or more strands
• Serbo-Croatian: širit — weave of three or more strands
• Serbo-Croatian: tkanica — weave of three or more strands
• Serbo-Croatian: kika — weave of three or more strands
• Serbo-Croatian: pletenica — weave of three or more strands
• Serbo-Croatian: кика — weave of three or more strands
• Serbo-Croatian: плетеница — weave of three or more strands
• Slovene: kita — weave of three or more strands
• Slovene: pletenica — weave of three or more strands
• Southern Altai: тулуҥ (tuluŋ) — weave of three or more strands
• Spanish: trenza — weave of three or more strands
• Spanish: simpa — weave of three or more strands
• Spanish: cimpa — weave of three or more strands
• Sudovian: pīne — weave of three or more strands
• Swedish: fläta — weave of three or more strands
• Telugu: జడ (jaḍa) — weave of three or more strands
• Walloon: trexhe — weave of three or more strands
• Yiddish: צאָפּ (tsop) — weave of three or more strands
• Albanian: gërshet — hairstyle
• Arabic: جَدِيلَة (jadīla) — hairstyle
• Arabic: ضَفِيرَة (ḍafīra) — hairstyle
• Arabic: ضفيرة (ḍifīra) — hairstyle
• Arabic: ضَفيرة (ḍafīra) — hairstyle
• Arabic: جدوله (jaddūli) — hairstyle
• Armenian: հյուս (hyus) — hairstyle
• Armenian: ծամ (cam) — hairstyle
• Azerbaijani: hörük — hairstyle
• Bashkir: толом (tolom) — hairstyle
• Belarusian: каса́ (kasá) — hairstyle
• Bulgarian: пли́тка (plítka) — hairstyle
• Catalan: trena — hairstyle
• Chinese Mandarin: 辮子 /辫子 (biànzi) — hairstyle
• Czech: cop — hairstyle
• Czech: pletenec — hairstyle
• Danish: fletning — hairstyle
• Dutch: vlecht — hairstyle
• Estonian: pats — hairstyle
• Finnish: letti — hairstyle
• French: natte — hairstyle
• French: tresse — hairstyle
• Galician: crencha — hairstyle
• Galician: trinca — hairstyle
• Galician: arello — hairstyle
• Galician: cadrelo — hairstyle
• Galician: carapicho — hairstyle
• Georgian: ნაწნავი (nac̣navi) — hairstyle
• German: Zopf — hairstyle
• German: Flechte — hairstyle
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 (flahta) — hairstyle
• Greek: πλεξίδα (plexída) — hairstyle
• Ancient Greek: πλέγμα (plégma) — hairstyle
• Hebrew: צַמָּה — hairstyle
• Hindi: चुटिया (cuṭiyā) — hairstyle
• Hungarian: copf — hairstyle
• Hungarian: hajfonat — hairstyle
• Icelandic: fléttur — hairstyle
• Icelandic: fléttingur — hairstyle
• Ingrian: kassa — hairstyle
• Ingrian: letti — hairstyle
• Ingrian: palmikko — hairstyle
• Ingush: кӏеж (kʼež) — hairstyle
• Irish: trilseán — hairstyle
• Irish: cleacht — hairstyle
• Italian: treccia — hairstyle
• Japanese: 三つ編み (mitsuami) — hairstyle
• Kazakh: бұрым (būrym) — hairstyle
• Korean: 땋은 머리 (tta'eun meori) — hairstyle
• Central Kurdish: کەزی (kezî) — hairstyle
• Northern Kurdish: kezî — hairstyle
• Latvian: bize — hairstyle
• Lithuanian: kasa — hairstyle
• Macedonian: плетенка (pletenka) — hairstyle
• Norman: tresse — hairstyle
• Norwegian Bokmål: flette — hairstyle
• Occitan: trena — hairstyle
• Persian: تافته (tāfte) — hairstyle
• Persian: بافته (bāfte) — hairstyle
• Persian: لاغ — hairstyle
• Polish: warkocz — hairstyle
• Polish: kosa — hairstyle
• Portuguese: trança — hairstyle
• Quechua: simp'a — hairstyle
• Romanian: cosiță — hairstyle
• Romanian: coadă — hairstyle
• Romanian: codiță — hairstyle
• Russian: коса́ (kosá) — hairstyle
• Russian: коси́чка (kosíčka) — hairstyle
• Sanskrit: वेणी (veṇī) — hairstyle
• Sanskrit: वेणि (veṇi) — hairstyle
• Sanskrit: वेणिका (veṇikā) — hairstyle
• Sanskrit: रज्जु (rajju) — hairstyle
• Sanskrit: केशगर्भक (keśagarbhaka) — hairstyle
• Sanskrit: पर्परी (parparī) — hairstyle
• Sanskrit: कूटक (kūṭaka) — hairstyle
• Scottish Gaelic: dual — hairstyle
• Serbo-Croatian: плетеница — hairstyle
• Serbo-Croatian: pletenica — hairstyle
• Slovak: pletenec — hairstyle
• Slovak: vrkoč — hairstyle
• Slovene: kita — hairstyle
• Southern Altai: тулуҥ (tuluŋ) — hairstyle
• Spanish: trenza — hairstyle
• Spanish: chape — hairstyle
• Spanish: simpa — hairstyle
• Spanish: cimpa — hairstyle
• Swedish: fläta — hairstyle
• Tajik: кокул (kokul) — hairstyle
• Telugu: జడ (jaḍa) — hairstyle
• Thai: เปีย (bpiia) — hairstyle
• Turkish: örgü — hairstyle
• Udmurt: йырси пунэт (jyrśi punet) — hairstyle
• Ukrainian: коса́ (kosá) — hairstyle
• Uzbek: kokil — hairstyle
• Vietnamese: bím tóc — hairstyle
• French: tresse — stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires
• German: Litze — stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires
• German: Geflecht — tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal
• German: Abschirmgeflecht — tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal
• German: Schutzgeflecht — tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal
• Albanian: thur — to intertwine
• Albanian: dredh — to intertwine
• Arabic: ضَفَّرَ (ḍaffara) — to intertwine
• Arabic: ضَفَرَ (ḍafara) — to intertwine
• Arabic: ضَفَّر (ḍaffar) — to intertwine
• Armenian: հյուսել (hyusel) — to intertwine
• Aromanian: mpiltescu — to intertwine
• Azerbaijani: hörmək — to intertwine
• Azerbaijani: eşmək — to intertwine
• Bashkir: ишеү (işew) — to intertwine
• Bashkir: үреү (ürew) — to intertwine
• Belarusian: пле́сці (pljésci) — to intertwine
• Belarusian: спле́сці (spljésci) — to intertwine
• Central Bikol: salapid — to intertwine
• Bulgarian: сплитам (splitam) — to intertwine
• Bulgarian: плета́ (pletá) — to intertwine
• Catalan: trenar — to intertwine
• Chinese Mandarin: 編織 /编织 (biānzhī) — to intertwine
• Czech: plést — to intertwine
• Dutch: vlechten — to intertwine
• Egyptian: n:b-d:D3 (nbd) — to intertwine
• Esperanto: plekti — to intertwine
• Finnish: letittää — to intertwine
• Finnish: punoa — to intertwine
• French: natter — to intertwine
• French: tresser — to intertwine
• Galician: cadrelar — to intertwine
• Galician: encadillar — to intertwine
• Galician: emperequitar — to intertwine
• German: flechten — to intertwine
• German: verflechten — to intertwine
• Greek: πλέκω (pléko) — to intertwine
• Ancient Greek: πλέκω (plékō) — to intertwine
• Hungarian: befon — to intertwine
• Ido: tresigar — to intertwine
• Ingrian: palmikoija — to intertwine
• Italian: intrecciare — to intertwine
• Japanese: 編む (amu) — to intertwine
• Khmer: ស្រែះ (sreh) — to intertwine
• Khmer: ក្រង (krɑɑng) — to intertwine
• Khmer: ត្បាញ (tbaañ) — to intertwine
• Korean: 짜다 (jjada) — to intertwine
• Lao: ສານ (sān) — to intertwine
• Latgalian: peit — to intertwine
• Latin: plectō — to intertwine
• Latvian: pīt — to intertwine
• Lithuanian: pinti — to intertwine
• Macedonian: испреплетува (isprepletuva) — to intertwine
• Macedonian: плете (plete) — to intertwine
• Maltese: dafar — to intertwine
• Mongolian: сүлжих (sülžix) — to intertwine
• Mongolian: ᠰᠦᠯᠵᠢᠬᠦ (sülǰikü) — to intertwine
• Khiamniungan Naga: chà — to intertwine
• Navajo: yibizh — to intertwine
• Norman: tresser — to intertwine
• Norwegian: flette — to intertwine
• Church Slavic: плести (plesti) — to intertwine
• Persian: بافتن (bâftan) — to intertwine
• Persian: تافتن (tāftan) — to intertwine
• Polish: pleść — to intertwine
• Polish: splatać — to intertwine
• Polish: spleść — to intertwine
• Portuguese: trançar — to intertwine
• Portuguese: entrançar — to intertwine
• Quechua: simp'ay — to intertwine
• Romanian: împleti — to intertwine
• Russian: плести́ (plestí) — to intertwine
• Russian: сплести́ (splestí) — to intertwine
• Russian: заплета́ть (zapletátʹ) — to intertwine
• Russian: заплести́ (zaplestí) — to intertwine
• Serbo-Croatian: плѐсти — to intertwine
• Serbo-Croatian: plèsti — to intertwine
• Slovak: zapletať — to intertwine
• Slovak: pliesť — to intertwine
• Slovene: plesti — to intertwine
• Lower Sorbian: plasć — to intertwine
• Southern Altai: ӧрӧр (örör) — to intertwine
• Spanish: trenzar — to intertwine
• Swedish: fläta — to intertwine
• Thai: ถัก (tàk) — to intertwine
• Turkish: örmek — to intertwine
• Ukrainian: плести́ (plestý) — to intertwine
• Finnish: vaivata — to mix by beating, rubbing etc.
• German: zerreiben — to mix by beating, rubbing etc.
• Greek: ζυμώνω (zymóno) — to mix by beating, rubbing etc.
• Khiamniungan Naga: chà — to mix by beating, rubbing etc.