bro
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (US) IPA(key): /bɹoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹəʊ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
- Hyphenation: bro
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
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BretonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.
NounEdit
bro f
- country (-side)
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam, bridge”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bro c (singular definite broen, plural indefinite broer)
InflectionEdit
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)
KalashaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhat, “lofty, high, tall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts. Cognate with Persian بلند (boland), English borough.
NounEdit
bro
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
bro m (plural bros)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse brú, 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)
- a bridge
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “bro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bro
NounEdit
bro
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam, bridge”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bro c
- a 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!
- a road bank; a road reenforced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands
- a quay (synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro)
- a 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 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bro | bron | broar | broarna |
Genitive | bros | brons | broars | broarnas |
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WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Welsh bro, from Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. Cognate with Old Irish mruig.
NounEdit
bro f (plural bröydd or brofydd)
- region, country, land, neighbourhood, native haunt
- border, limit, boundary, march
- vale, lowland, champaign
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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
- “bro”, in R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 1950–present