bro

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

bra, brah, breh, bruh

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of brother.

PronunciationEdit

(General American) IPA^(key): /bɹoʊ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹəʊ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊ
Hyphenation: bro
Homophone: Breaux

NounEdit

bro (plural bros)

(slang) brother (a male sibling)
(slang) brother (a male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals)
(slang) brother (usually used to address a male)
(slang) fratboy (or someone that espouses the fraternity bro culture)

PronounEdit

bro (third-person singular, masculine, nominative or objective case)

(slang) he or him
Bro said he finna go off today

You gotta go up to bro and say, "I know what you mean"

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

male sibling — see brother

diminutive of brother

Esperanto: fraĉjo (eo)

Finnish: veikko (fi), veikka (fi), veikkonen (fi)
Japanese: 兄ちゃん (nīchan), 兄貴 (ja) (aniki)

male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals

Finnish: toveri (fi), aatetoveri (fi), veli (fi)
French: frérot (fr) m
Greek: αφός (afós)
Hungarian: tesó (hu)
Persian: داداش‎ (fa) (dâdâš)

Polish: brach (pl) m, braciak m
Russian: брата́н (ru) m (bratán), брато́к (ru) m (bratók), бра́тец (ru) m (brátec), брати́шка (ru) m (bratíška)
Spanish: compadre (es) m, broder (es) m
Turkish: kanka (tr)

used to address a male

Arabic: أَخِي‎ m (ʾaḵī)
Catalan: frai (ca) m
Chinese:
Japanese: 兄弟 (ja) (kyōdai), ブラザー (burazā)

Mandarin: 兄弟 (zh) (xiōngdi) 老兄 (zh) (lǎoxiōng)

Finnish: äijä (fi), kaveri (fi), jätkä (fi), jäbä (fi)
French: frérot (fr) m
Hebrew: אָחִי‎ (he) m (akhí)

Pashto: مړه‎
Portuguese: mano (pt) m
Russian: брата́н (ru) m (bratán), брато́к (ru) m (bratók), бра́тец (ru) m (brátec), брати́шка (ru) m (bratíška)

See alsoEdit

bruv (an abbreviated form of bruvver)
brotha
broseph

AnagramsEdit

BOR, Bor, Bor., ORB, ROB, Rob, bor, orb, rob

BretonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

NounEdit

bro f (plural broioù)

country (-side)

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Danish bro, from Old East Norse brō, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam, bridge”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /broː/, [b̥ʁoːˀ]

NounEdit

bro c (singular definite broen, plural indefinite broer)

bridge

InflectionEdit

Declension of bro

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bro	broen	broer	broerne
genitive	bros	broens	broers	broernes

DescendantsEdit

Norwegian Bokmål: bro

ReferencesEdit

“bro” in Den Danske Ordbog
“bro” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

GalloEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

bro m (plural bros)

thorn

KalashaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhat, “lofty, high, tall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts. Cognate with Persian ‎ (boland), English borough.

NounEdit

bro

mountain top, peak
succession of peaks which make up a ridge

NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

bro m (plural bros)

(Jersey) pitcher

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

bro

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

bro (skip)

Alternative formsEdit

bru

EtymologyEdit

From Danish bro, from Old Danish bro, from Old East Norse brō, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam; bridge”).

NounEdit

bro f or m (definite singular broa or broen, indefinite plural broer, definite plural broene)

bridge

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

“bro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English blow.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /bro/

VerbEdit

bro

To blow, to produce air currents.
To breathe.

NounEdit

bro

breath

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old East Norse brō, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam, bridge”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /bruː/
audio (file)
Rhymes: -uː

NounEdit

bro c

bridge (a construction that spans a divide)
Stan mellan broarna
The town between the bridges (Stockholm old town)

Släpp ingen djävul över bron, håll ut en stund ännu!
Let no devil across the bridge, hold out yet a while!
road bank (a road reenforced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands)
quay
Synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro
porch
Jag får min motion när jag går ifrån bron och till vår garageuppfart.
I get my exercise when I walk from the porch to our driveway.

Synonym: förstubro

DeclensionEdit

Declension of bro
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bro	bron	broar	broarna
Genitive	bros	brons	broars	broarnas

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

bro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
bro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

AnagramsEdit

bor

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Welsh bro, from Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. Cognate with Old Irish mruig.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /broː/
Rhymes: -oː

NounEdit

bro f (plural bröydd or brofydd)

region, country, land, neighbourhood, native haunt
border, limit, boundary, march
vale, lowland, champaign

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bro	fro	mro	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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