bro

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Abbreviation of brother.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹəʊ/
• 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

• brosef
• bromance
• brony
• cool story bro
• ladybro
• newbro

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 (にいちゃん, nīchan) (big brother only, little brothers are addressed by name)

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

• Spanish: compadre (es) m

brother; used to address a male

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

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

Anagrams

• bor orb, rob, Rob

See also

• bruv, an abbreviated form of bruvver

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Breton

Etymology

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

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^(key): /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	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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Gallo

Noun

bro m (plural bros)

1. thorn

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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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Norwegian Bokmål

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Old Norse brú

Alternative forms

• bru

Noun

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

1. a bridge

Derived terms

• gangbro
• hengebro

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• audio

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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