brome

See also: bromé

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos) ("oat, wild oat")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹəʊm/

Noun

brome (countable and uncountable, plural bromes)

1. Any grass of the genus Bromus.
2. (chemistry, obsolete) bromine

Synonyms

• bromegrass

Translations

grass of Bromus

• Bulgarian: овсига (ovsiga)
• Finnish: kattara (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: forasacco m
• Norman: (barren brome, great brome, soft-brome) droe f

See also

• cheat grass, cheatgrass

Anagrams

• omber, ombre

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁom/

Noun

brome m (uncountable)

1. bromine
2. brome (plant)

Derived terms

• bromate
• bromique
• bromure

Descendants

• Lingala: bomo

Further reading

• “brome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ombre, ombré

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) brome

1. vocative singular of bromos