bro

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Abbreviation of brother.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Terms derived from bro

Translations[edit]

a male sibling — see brother

Anagrams[edit]

See also[edit]

Breton[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bro f

  1. country (-side)

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /broː/, [b̥ʁoːˀ]

Noun[edit]

bro c (singular definite broen, plural indefinite broer)

  1. bridge

Inflection[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Gallo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

bro m (plural bros)

  1. thorn

Lojban[edit]

Rafsi[edit]

bro

  1. rafsi of xebro.

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

bro m (plural bros)

  1. (Jersey) pitcher

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Etymology[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a bridge

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Declension of bro 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bro bron broar broarna
Genitive bros brons broars broarnas

Related terms[edit]

Related terms

References[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Welsh bro, from Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

Noun[edit]

bro f (plural broydd or brofydd)

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

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

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