brai

From Provençal brae, from Italian brago (“mud, pitch, tar”).

brai m (usually uncountable, plural brais)

1. pitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar)

• “brai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Brachet, A. (1873) “brai”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.

• abri

brai

1. Alternative form of brayen (“to cry”)

From Dutch braden.

brai

1. to roast