brom

See also: Brom, bróm, and brom-

Albanian

Noun

brom m

1. bromine (nonmetallic chemical element)

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Catalan

Chemical element
Br
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Next: criptó (Kr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾom]

Noun

brom m (uncountable)

1. bromine

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Czech

Alternative forms

• bróm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrom]
• Rhymes: -om

Noun

1. bromine

Related terms

• bromid

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Danish

Noun

brom n (singular definite bromet, not used in plural form)

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of brom

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	brom	bromet
genitive	broms	bromets

Further reading

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

brom

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of brommen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of brommen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bróma (“fragment, piece”).

Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. metal scrap

   Dette er noe gammelt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

   Synonym: (rare) skrap

Derived terms

• selge som brom

Etymology 2

From French brome, coined by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802 - 1876) from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

References

• “brom” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “brom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bróma (“fragment, piece”)

Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. (rare) metal scrap

   Dette er noko gammalt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

   Synonym: skrap

Derived terms

• selje som brom

Etymology 2

From French brome, coined by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802 - 1876) from .

Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

References

• “brom” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “brom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brēm- (“bramble”) (compare Saterland Frisian Brom, West Frisian brem, Dutch braam, German Low German Braam), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-, from *bʰer- (“edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /broːm/

Noun

brōm m (nominative plural brōmas)

1. broom (the plant)

Declension

Declension of brom (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	brōm	brōmas
accusative	brōm	brōmas
genitive	brōmes	brōma
dative	brōme	brōmum

Derived terms

• brōmfæsten
• brōmiġ

 

Descendants

• Middle English: brom
  • English: broom
  • Scots: brume, bruim

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔm/

• Audio:

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Noun

Chemical element
Br
Previous: selen (Se)
Next: krypton (Kr)

brom m inan

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of brom

	singular
nominative	brom
genitive	bromu
dative	bromowi
accusative	brom
instrumental	bromem
locative	bromie
vocative	bromie

Derived terms

• bromowy (adjective)

Noun

brom m

1. dative plural of ber

   Synonym: berom

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Romanian

Chemical element
Br
Previous: seleniu (Se)
Next: kripton (Kr)

Etymology

Borrowed from French brome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brom/

Noun

brom n (uncountable)

1. bromine

Declension

declension of brom (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) brom	bromul
genitive/dative	(unui) brom	bromului
vocative	bromule

References

• brom in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brôm/

Noun

brȍm m (Cyrillic spelling бро̏м)

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of brom

	singular
nominative	brom
genitive	broma
dative	bromu
accusative	brom
vocative	brome
locative	bromu
instrumental	bromom

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Slovene

Chemical element
Br
Previous: selén (Se)
Next: krípton (Kr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bróːm/, /brɔ́m/

Noun

brọ̑m or brȍm m inan

1. bromine

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bróm
genitive	bróma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bróm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bróma
dative (dajȃlnik)	brómu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bróm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brómu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brómom

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bròm
genitive	brôma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bròm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	brôma
dative (dajȃlnik)	brômu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bròm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brômu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brômom

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Swedish

Noun

brom n (uncountable)

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of brom
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	brom	bromet	—	—
Genitive	broms	bromets	—	—

Anagrams

• romb

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Turkish

Chemical element
Br
Previous: selenyum (Se)
Next: kripton (Kr)

Etymology

Borrowed from French brome.

Noun

brom (definite accusative bromu, uncountable)

1. bromine

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Vietnamese

Chemical element
Br
Previous: selen (Se)
Next: kripton (Kr)

Etymology

From French brome, from Latin brōmus.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧] ~ [ʔɓəː˨˩ zom˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˦˩ ɹom˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: brôm, bờ Rôm

Noun

brom

1. bromine