bractea

See also: bráctea

English

Noun

bractea (plural bracteas)

1. Alternative form of bract.

Anagrams

• abacter, abreact, bear cat, bearcat, cabaret, cat bear

Latin

Alternative forms

• bratea, brattea

Etymology

Perhaps related to Ancient Greek βράχω (brákhō, “to rattle”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

bractea f (genitive bracteae); first declension

1. gold leaf (or other thin sheet of metal), foil
2. veneer
3. (figurative) show, glitter

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bractea	bracteae
genitive	bracteae	bracteārum
dative	bracteae	bracteīs
accusative	bracteam	bracteās
ablative	bracteā	bracteīs
vocative	bractea	bracteae

Descendants

• → English: bract
• → French: bractée

References

• “bractea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bractea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “bractea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.