English
Etymology
From Middle English half-brother , equivalent to half- + brother . Cognate with Dutch halfbroer ( “ halfbrother ” ) , German Halbbruder ( “ halfbrother ” ) , Danish halvbroder ( “ halfbrother ” ) , Swedish halvbroder , halvbror ( “ halfbrother ” ) , Icelandic hálfbróðir ( “ halfbrother ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Noun
half brother (plural half brothers or half brethren )
A male sibling sharing a single parent , as distinguished from a full brother or brother-german , from a step-brother , or from a brother -like figure such as a blood brother .
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Translations
a male half-sibling
Chinese:
Mandarin: ( maternal ) 同母異父 / 同母异父 ( tóngmǔ yìfù ) , 同母异父 ( tóngmǔyìfù ) ( + words for elder/younger brother ) , ( paternal ) 同父異母 / 同父异母 ( tóngfù yìmǔ ) , 同父异母 ( tóngfùyìmǔ ) ( + words for elder/younger brother )
Czech: nevlastní bratr m
Dutch: halfbroer (nl) m , halfbroeder m
Esperanto: duonfrato
Faroese: hálvbróðir m , hálvbeiggi m
Finnish: velipuoli (fi)
French: demi-frère (fr) m
Georgian: ნახევარძმა ( naxevarʒma )
German: Halbbruder (de) m
Greek: ετεροθαλής αδελφός m ( eterothalís adelfós )
Hindi: सौतेला भाई m ( sautelā bhāī )
Hungarian: féltestvér (hu)
Icelandic: hálfbróðir m
Irish: leathdheartháir m , leasdeartháir m
Italian: mezzo fratello , fratellastro (it) m
Japanese: 異父母兄弟 ( ifubo-kyōdai )
Korean: 의붓 형제 ( uibut hyeongje )
Latin: ( maternal ) frater uterinus , ( paternal ) frater consanguineus
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Latvian: pusbrālis m
Macedonian: полубрат m ( polubrat )
Malay: abang tiri ( elder ) , adik tiri ( younger )
Maltese: ħu tan-nofs
Norman: d'mié-fréthe m ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: halvbror m
Nynorsk: halvbror m
Polish: brat przyrodni m
Portuguese: meio-irmão (pt) m
Romanian: frate pe jumătate m
Russian: ( maternal ) единоутро́бный брат (ru) m ( jedinoutróbnyj brat ) , ( paternal ) единокро́вный брат (ru) m ( jedinokróvnyj brat )
Scottish Gaelic: leth-bhràthair m
Spanish: medio hermano m , hermanastro m
Swedish: halvbror (sv) , halvbroder (sv)
Taos: ( younger ) p’ǫ́yna , ( older ) pòpóna
Telugu: సవతి సోదరుడు ( savati sōdaruḍu )
Urdu: سوتیلا بھائی m ( soutela bhai )
See also