bro

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Abbreviation of brother.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

bro (plural bros)

1. (slang) brother; a male sibling
2. (slang) brother; a male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals.
3. (slang) brother; an African-American.
4. (slang) brother; used to address a male
5. (slang) a fratboy or someone that espouses the fraternity bro culture

Derived terms

• bromance
• brony
• ladybro

Translations

brother; a male sibling

• Dutch: broer (nl)
• Finnish: veli (fi), (colloquial) veikka (fi), broidi (fi)
• German: Bruder (de) m
• Hungarian: testvér (hu)
• Japanese: 兄ちゃん (ja) (にいちゃん, nīchan) (big brother only, little brothers are addressed by name)

• Persian: داداش (fa) (dâdâš)
• Russian: братан (ru) (bratán) m, брат (ru) (brat) m (standard)
• Swedish: brorsa (sv) c
• Turkish: ağabey (tr), ağa (tr), abi (tr)

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

• Hungarian: tesó (hu)
• Persian: داداش (fa) (dâdâš)
• Russian: братан (ru) (bratán) m, браток (ru) (bratók) m, братец (ru) (brátec) m, братишка (ru) (bratíška) m

• Spanish: compadre (es) m

brother; used to address a male

• Arabic: أخي (ar) (ʾaxī) m, أخوي (ar) (ʾaxūy) m
• Hebrew: אָחִי (he) (akhí) m

• Russian: братан (ru) (bratán) m, браток (ru) (bratók) m, братец (ru) (brátec) m, братишка (ru) (bratíška) m

Anagrams

• bor orb, rob, Rob

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Breton

Noun

bro f

1. country (-side)

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /broː/, [b̥ʁoːˀ]

Noun

bro c (singular definite broen, plural indefinite broer)

1. bridge

Inflection

    Inflection of bro

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

External links

• Bro on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
• Bro (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Bro (flertydig)

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Jèrriais

Noun

bro m (plural bros)

1. pitcher

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Lojban

Rafsi

bro

1. rafsi of xebro.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

bro c

1. bridge; a construction that spans a divide

Declension

Declension of bro

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bro	bron	broar	broarna
genitive	bros	brons	broars	broarnas

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mrogis (“territory, region”), from Proto-Indo-European *morǵ- (“frontier”).

Noun

bro f (plural broydd) 

1. region, country, lowland

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bro	fro	mro	unchanged