bros

See also: bros., Bros., broš, broş, and Broś

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹoʊz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹəʊz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

Noun

bros

1. plural of bro

Anagrams

• BORs, ORBs, Sorb, bors, orbs, robs, sorb

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish bros, of Celtic origin (compare Breton broud, Welsh brwyd). Glossed in the Vocabularium Cornicum as aculeus.

Noun

bros m (plural brosow)

1. sting, prick, goad, sharp point

Etymology 2

From Middle Cornish bros, from Proto-Celtic *brutom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Cognate with Breton broud, Welsh brwyd. Glossed in the Vocabularium Cornicum as aculeus.

Adjective

bros (comparative brossa, superlative an brossa)

1. blazing, boiling, etc; extremely hot

Antonyms

• oor

Noun

bros m (plural brosow)

1. (by extension of above) great heat
2. stew, thick broth

Mutation

Mutation of bros

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
bros	vros	unchanged	pros	fros	vros

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• 2020, An Gerlyver Meur, ed. Dr Ken George (3rd edition, p.109)

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /broːˀs/, [ˈb̥ʁoˀs]
• Homophones: brugs, brus

Noun

bros c

1. indefinite genitive singular of bro

Dutch

Etymology

Variant of broos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bros
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Adjective

bros (comparative brosser, superlative meest bros or brost)

1. brittle, breakable

Declension

Declension of bros
uninflected	bros
inflected	brosse
comparative	brosser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		bros	brosser	het brost het broste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	brosse	brossere	broste
	n. sing.	bros	brosser	broste
	plural	brosse	brossere	broste
definite		brosse	brossere	broste
partitive		bros	brossers	—

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bros

Faroese

Etymology

From brosa (“to smile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹoːs/
• Rhymes: -oːs

Noun

bros n (genitive singular bros, plural bros)

1. smile

Declension

Declension of bros (n11)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bros	brosið	bros	brosini
accusative	bros	brosið	bros	brosini
dative	brosi	brosinum	brosum	brosunum
genitive	bros	brosins	brosa	brosanna

Synonyms

• smíl

Icelandic

Etymology

From brosa (“to smile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔːs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːs

Noun

bros n (genitive singular bross, nominative plural bros)

1. smile

Declension

Declension of bros (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bros	brosið	bros	brosin
accusative	bros	brosið	bros	brosin
dative	brosi	brosinu	brosum	brosunum
genitive	bross	brossins	brosa	brosanna

Derived terms

• brosmildur
• grátbroslegur

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch broche, from French broche, from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed or prominent-toothed”), ultimately from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔs/ [ˈbrɔs]
• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: bros

Noun

bros (plural bros-bros)

1. brooch, piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body

Synonyms

• kerongsang (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “bros” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo(w)s/ [ˈbɾo(ʊ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo(w)s/ [ˈbɾo(ʊ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo(w)ʃ/ [ˈbɾo(ʊ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo(w)ʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾo(w)ʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾowʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾoʃ/

Noun

bros m pl

1. plural of bro

Spanish

Noun

bros m pl

1. plural of bro

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruːs/

Noun

bros

1. indefinite genitive singular of bro

Anagrams

• bors

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From German Brust.

Noun

bros

1. (anatomy) chest