bro

See also: -bro

English

Alternative forms

• bra
• brah
• breh
• bruh
• See also: bruv

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; usually used to address a male
4. (slang) a fratboy or someone that espouses the fraternity bro culture

Derived terms

Terms derived from bro

• brocialism
• brocialist
• brodeo
• brodown
• broette
• brofist
• brogrammer
• brogressive

• brohawk
• brohemian
• brohoof
• bro-hug
• brolationship
• bromance
• brony
• broseph

• brosephine
• brotastic
• cool story bro
• dudebro
• ladybro
• lezbro
• newbro
• stepbro

Translations

a male sibling — see brother

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

• Hungarian: tesó (hu)
• Persian: داداش‏‎ (fa) (dâdâš)
• Polish: brach (pl) m, braciak m

• Russian: брата́н (ru) m (bratán), брато́к (ru) m (bratók), бра́тец (ru) m (brátec), брати́шка (ru) m (bratíška)
• Spanish: compadre (es) m

used to address a male

• Arabic: أَخِي‏‎ m (ʾaḵī), أَخُويَ‏‎ m (ʾaḵūya)
• French: frérot (fr) m
• Hebrew: אָחִי‏‎ m (akhí)

• Pashto: مړه‏‎
• Russian: брата́н (ru) m (bratán), брато́к (ru) m (bratók), бра́тец (ru) m (brátec), брати́шка (ru) m (bratíška)

See also

• bruv, an abbreviated form of bruvver
• brotha

Anagrams

• Bor, Bor., ORB, Rob, bor, orb, rob

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

Noun

bro f

1. country (-side)

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /broː/, [b̥ʁoːˀ]

Noun

bro c (singular definite broen, plural indefinite broer)

1. bridge

Inflection

Declension of bro

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

Further reading

• bro on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Bro (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Gallo

Noun

bro m (plural bros)

1. thorn

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Lojban

Rafsi

bro

1. rafsi of xebro.

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Norman

Noun

bro m (plural bros)

1. (Jersey) pitcher

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

• bru

Noun

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

1. a bridge

Derived terms

• gangbro
• hengebro
• kommandobro
• svingbro

References

• “bro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), 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 reenforced 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
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bro	bron	broar	broarna
Genitive	bros	brons	broars	broarnas

Related terms

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-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

Noun

bro f (plural broydd or brofydd)

1. region, country, land, neighbourhood, native haunt
2. border, limit, boundary, march
3. vale, lowland, champaign

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.

References

• “bro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014