A Conversation for Brassieres
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Al Johnston Started conversation Oct 30, 2003
... that despite appearances, brassiere is not the French word for bra (if anything it means brazier 
).
En francais, a bra is "un soutien-gorge".
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AgProv2 Posted Mar 6, 2007
My other half speaks of "balconettes" or other confusing words. Are these correct or pseudo-French for a kind of bra?
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