brasse
French, noun
brasse is spelled B-R-A-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brasse is a French feminine noun meaning “fathom (unit of measure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, brassé is a different word: “past participle of brasser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancienne mesure de la longueur des deux bras étendus, qui variait selon les régions”.
What does brasse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefathom (unit of measure)
- 2
femininestroke
- 3
femininebreaststroke
le 100 mètres à la brasse
verb
- 1
past participle of brasser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancienne mesure de la longueur des deux bras étendus, qui variait selon les régions. 2. Unité de mesure du bois de chauffage valant plus ou moins 3 à 4 stères, selon les régions. 3. Unité de mesure de la profondeur de la mer, de valeur variable selon les nations. 4. Espace parcouru dans l’eau par le nageur à chaque déploiement des bras et coup de jarret.
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 brasse
- brasses plural
- brassée feminine
- brassés masculine plural
- brassées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to brasse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brasse in French?
brasse appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).