bro

See also: bro. and -bro

English

Alternative forms

• bra, brah, breh, bruh

Etymology

Clipping of brother.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Hyphenation: bro

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) fratboy or someone that espouses the fraternity bro culture

Derived terms

• brocialism
• brocialist
• brodeo
• brodown
• broette
• brofist
• brogrammer
• brogressive
• brohawk
• brohemian
• brohoof
• bro-hug
• brojob
• brolationship
• bromance
• brony
• broseph
• brosephine
• broski
• brostep
• brotastic
• cool story bro
• dudebro
• ladybro
• lezbro
• newbro
• stepbro

 

Translations

a male sibling — see brother

diminutive of brother

• Esperanto: fraĉjo (eo)

• Japanese: 兄ちゃん (nīchan), 兄貴 (ja) (aniki)

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

• Greek: αφός (afós)
• 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, broder (es) m
• Turkish: kanka (tr)

used to address a male

• Arabic: أَخِي‎ m (ʾaḵī)
• Chinese:
• Japanese: 兄弟 (ja) (kyōdai), ブラザー (burazā)

• Mandarin: 兄弟 (zh) (xiōngdi) 老兄 (zh) (lǎoxiōng)

• French: frérot (fr) m
• Hebrew: אָחִי‎ (he) m (akhí)

• Pashto: مړه‎
• Portuguese: mano (pt) m
• 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
• broseph

Anagrams

• BOR, Bor, Bor., ORB, ROB, Rob, bor, orb, rob

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Breton

Etymology

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

Noun

bro f (plural broioù)

1. country (-side)

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō (“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

References

• “bro” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bro” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bro m (plural bros)

1. thorn

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Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhat, “lofty, high, tall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts. Cognate with Persian بلند‎ (boland), English borough.

Noun

bro

1. mountain top, peak
2. succession of peaks which make up a ridge

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Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bro m (plural bros)

1. (Jersey) pitcher

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bru

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. a bridge

Derived terms

Terms derived from bro

• brokar
• gangbro

• hengebro
• jernbanebro

• kommandobro
• svingbro

References

• “bro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English blow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bro/

Verb

bro

1. to blow, to produce air currents
2. to breathe

Noun

bro

1. breath

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruː/

• 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

   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.

   Synonym: förstubro

Declension

Declension of bro
	Singular		Plural
	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 (SAOL)
• bro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• bor

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bro, from Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. Cognate with Old Irish mruig.

Noun

bro f (plural bröydd 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 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 1950–present