Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bralette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: bralette
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of bra without an underwire, used as a training bra.

Example Sentences

"Of course it wasn’t a bra top. Bralettes, itty-bitty bandeaus and crocheted bikinis are everywhere. So, too, are Daisy Dukes cut high enough to expose buttocks curvature."
"Soon sales of Victoria's Secret's most important category, bras, had started to decline as women shifted to bralettes and sports bras."

Etymology

From bra + -ette, with the addition of an l as in -let to prevent the sequence -ae-, or from French bralette where -l- similarly breaks up certain vowel sequences.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: bralette
Suffix: bra

Inflected Forms

bralettes (plural) bralet (alternative)

Questions

What does bralette mean?: A kind of bra without an underwire, used as a training bra.
Where does bralette come from?: It is traced to French.

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