bron

See also: brón, broń, bróń, and bròn

Dutch

Alternative forms

• born (dialectal, obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier born, from Middle Dutch borne, from Old Dutch brunno, from Proto-Germanic *brunnô. The inherited word underwent metathesis in Middle Dutch, but this was undone through influence from German Brunnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔn/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: bron
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

bron f (plural bronnen, diminutive bronnetje n)

1. source
2. spring, well

Derived terms

• bronbescherming
• bronnentaal
• brontaal
• bronvermelding
• energiebron
• gasbron
• herbronnen
• hulpbron
• natuurbron
• oliebron
• spanningsbron
• stroombron
• warmtebron
• warmwaterbron

 

See also

• put
• spreng

Anagrams

• Born

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔn/

Noun

bron f

1. genitive plural of brona

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔ́n/

Noun

brȍn m inan

1. bronze

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
nom. sing.	bròn
gen. sing.	brôna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bròn	brôna	brôni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	brôna	brônov	brônov
dative (dajȃlnik)	brônu	brônoma	brônom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bròn	brôna	brône
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brônu	brônih	brônih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brônom	brônoma	brôni

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Swedish

Noun

bron

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of bro

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Volapük

Etymology

Apparently a shortening of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English bronchitis

Noun

bron (nominative plural brons)

1. (anatomy) trachea

Declension

declension of bron

	singular	plural
nominative	bron	brons
genitive	brona	bronas
dative	brone	brones
accusative	broni	bronis
vocative 1	o bron!	o brons!
predicative 2	bronu	bronus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bron, from Proto-Celtic *brusū (“belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔn/

• Audio:

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Noun

bron f (plural bronnau)

1. (anatomy, biology) breast

   Mae bronnau ardderchog gyda hi. ― She has excellent breasts. (South)

   Mae gen i fronnau mawr. ― I have large breasts. (North)

Derived terms

• gerbron

Adverb

bron

1. almost

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bron	fron	mron	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.