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. 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!

2. a road bank; a road reenfoced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands
3. a quay (synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro)
4. a porch (synonym: förstubro)

   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.

Declension

Declension of bro

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

Related terms

bilbro broa broavgift brobana brobyggare brobygge

brobyggnad brobänk brofäste broförbindelse brohuvud broklaff

brokonstruktion broning bropelare broräcke broslagning brospann

brovakt brovalv broöppning cykelbro förstubro gångbro

hängbro Skeppsbron stenbro träbro Ölandsbron Öresundsbron

References

• bro in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• bro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bro, 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
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.