bralette

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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[1], →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, 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.

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Italian

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Noun

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bralette m or f (plural braletti)

  1. bralette

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Spanish

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Noun

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bralette m (plural bralettes)

  1. bralette