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語源

Borrowed from Afrikaans braai (“to grill”), from Dutch braden (“roast”).

発音

• IPA: /bɹaɪ/
• 韻: -aɪ
• ハイフネーション: braai

名詞

braai (countable and uncountable, plural braais)

1. (South Africa) A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing.
2. (chiefly South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe) A social meeting including the braaing of meat; a cookout.

   Come over to our place for a braai.

3. (uncountable) Meat cooked by this method.

動詞

braai (third-person singular simple present braais, present participle braaing or braaiing, simple past and past participle braaied)

1. (chiefly South Africa, ambitransitive) To grill meat over an open flame (not on a gas grill).
   • 2015 June 1, Pamela Power, Ms Conception, Penguin Random House South Africa, →ISBN:

     […] so we decide to braai some ribs for supper.

   • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 89:

     You sniff the air. Smoke. Spices. One of the residents on the road has been, or perhaps is still, braaing.

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派生語

アナグラム

• Abair, Rabia, baria, Ibara