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語源

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.

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名詞

bralette (plural bralettes)

1. A kind of bra without an underwire, used as a training bra.
   • 2021 July 22, Guy Trebay, “Suddenly It’s Bare Season”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2023 September 30, Chantal Fernandez, “Changing the formula”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:

     Soon sales of Victoria's Secret's most important category, bras, had started to decline as women shifted to bralettes and sports bras.

アナグラム

• batteler, berattle