brai
French, noun\bʁɛ\
brai is spelled B-R-A-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brai is a French masculine noun meaning “pitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suc résineux et noirâtre résidu de la distillation du pin et du sapin”.
What does brai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suc résineux et noirâtre résidu de la distillation du pin et du sapin. 2. Goudron issu de la distillation de la houille.
noun: 1. Piège, lacet pour prendre les petits oiseaux.
noun: 1. Escourgeon, orge broyée pour faire la bière ^([2]).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brai
- brais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brai?
- \bʁɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brai in French?
brai appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).