big brother

See also Big Brother

English

Noun

big brother (plural big brothers)

1. A sibling's older brother used especially by children or by parents in speaking to their children.

   If you don't give me back my toys I'll tell my big brother!

2. Alternative form of Big Brother.

Translations

a sibling's older brother

Afrikaans: ouboet (af) Arabic: al akh al akbar Danish: storebror (da) c., storebroder (da) c. Finnish: isoveli (fi) French: frère aîné (fr) m., grand frère (fr) m. German: großer Bruder (de) m. Hungarian: bátya (hu)

Japanese: 兄 (ja) (あに, ani), お兄さん (ja) (おにいさん, oniisan) Norwegian: storebror (no) m. Sotho: aubuti (st) Spanish: hermano mayor (es) m. Swedish: storebror (sv) c. Turkish: ağabey (tr), abi (tr)

See also

• big sister
• little brother
• little sister