English
Noun
older brother (plural older brothers )
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older , brother . (This entry is a translation hub .)
Coordinate term: older sister
Antonyms: younger brother , younger sister
Translations
multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Arabic: اَلْأَخ اَلْأَكْبَر m ( al-ʔaḵ al-ʔakbar )
Belarusian: старэ́йшы брат m ( staréjšy brat ) , ста́ршы брат m ( stáršy brat )
Catalan: germà gran m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿哥 ( aa3 go1 )
Dungan: гәгә ( gəgə )
Hakka: 阿哥 ( â-kô )
Mandarin: 哥哥 (zh) ( gēge )
Min Nan: 阿兄 (zh-min-nan) ( a-hiaⁿ ) , 阿哥 (zh-min-nan) ( a-ko )
Wu: 哥哥 ( ku ku ) , 阿哥 ( aq ku )
Czech: starší bratr m
Danish: storebror (da) c , storebroder (da) c
Finnish: isoveli (fi)
French: frère aîné m , grand frère m
German: großer Bruder m
Irish: deartháir mór m
Italian: fratello maggiore
Japanese: お兄さん (ja) ( おにいさん, onīsan ) ( honorific ) , 兄ちゃん ( にいちゃん, niichan ) ( familiar )
Khmer: បងប្រុស ( bɑɑng proh )
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Korean: 형님 (ko) ( hyeongnim ) ( of a male )
Lithuanian: vyresnis broils m
Norwegian: storebror m
Okinawan: やっちー ( yatchī ) ( of a shizoku ) , 男しーじゃ ( ゐきがしーじゃ, wikiga shīja ) , うふあふぃー ( ufu afī ) ( oldest brother of a commoner ) , うふっちー ( ufutchī ) ( oldest brother of a shizoku ) , やっちーぐゎー ( yatchīgwā ) ( youngest older brother of a shizoku ) , しーじゃゐきー ( shīja wikī ) , うみしーじゃ ( umi shīja ) ( used by nobles to address their older brother )
Polish: starszy brat m
Portuguese: irmão mais velho m
Russian: ста́рший брат m ( stáršij brat )
Slovak: starší brat m
Spanish: hermano mayor m
Swedish: storebror (sv) c
Telugu: అగ్రజుడు (te) ( agrajuḍu )
Thai: พี่ชาย ( pîi-chaai )
Turkish: ağabey (tr) , abi (tr)
Ukrainian: ста́рший брат m ( stáršyj brat ) , старі́ший брат m ( staríšyj brat )
Welsh: brawd mawr m
Yonaguni: すなてぃ ( sunati )
Vietnamese: anh trai (vi) (偀𤳇 )