bro

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Brokkat. === Symbol === bro (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Brokkat. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Brokkat terms == English == === Alternative forms === bra, brah, breh, bruh === Etymology === Clipping of brother. Compare Danish bror, Norwegian Bokmål bror, Swedish bror. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /bɹoʊ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹəʊ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): [bɹɞʊ̟] (Canada) IPA(key): [bɹoː] Rhymes: -əʊ Hyphenation: bro Homophone: Breaux === Noun === bro (plural bros) (slang) Brother (a male sibling). (slang) Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals). (slang) Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men. Near-synonym: man (slang) A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture. (slang, derogatory, usually in compounds) Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === bruv (an abbreviated form of bruvver) brotha broseph === Anagrams === BOR, Bor, Bor., ORB, ROB, Rob, bor, orb, rob == Breton == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʀoː/ === Noun === bro f (plural broioù) country (nation state); homeland A bep liv marc'h mat; a bep bro tud vat. ― Good horses whatever their colour; good people whatever their country. (Breton proverb) ==== Inflection ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾo] === Noun === bro m (plural bros) (slang) bro (a male comrade or friend) (slang) bro (used to address a male) == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. Cognate with Breton bro === Noun === bro f (plural broyow) country, land === Mutation === == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish bro, from Old East Norse brō, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam, bridge”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /broː/, [b̥ʁoːˀ] === Noun === bro c (singular definite broen, plural indefinite broer) bridge ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: bro === References === “bro” in Den Danske Ordbog “bro” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Gallo == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === bro m (plural bros) thorn == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bro. First attested in 2019. === Noun === bro m (invariable) (slang) bro (a male comrade or friend) Synonym: fra == Kalasha == === Etymology === From Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhat, “lofty, high, tall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts. Cognate with Persian بلند (boland), English borough. === Noun === bro mountain top, peak succession of peaks which make up a ridge == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === bro m (plural bros) (Jersey) pitcher == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === bru === Etymology === From Danish bro, from Old Danish bro, from Old East Norse brō, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruH- (“beam; bridge”), which may be the same root as *h₃bʰrúHs (“(eye)brow”), whence brun. Close cognate with Swedish bro. Compare also Norwegian bru (“bridge”) and Icelandic brú (“bridge”), from Proto-Germanic *brū-. === Noun === bro f or m (definite singular broa or broen, indefinite plural broer, definite plural broene) bridge ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “bro” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bro. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ow === Noun === bro m (plural bros) (colloquial) bro (a male comrade or friend) (colloquial) bro (used to address a male) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾo/ [ˈbɾo] Rhymes: -o Syllabification: bro === Noun === bro m (plural bros) (slang) bro (a male comrade or friend) (slang) bro (used to address a male) == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From English blow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bro/ === Verb === bro To blow, to produce air currents. To breathe. === Noun === bro breath == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old East Norse brō, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruH- (“beam; bridge”), which may be the same root as *h₃bʰrúHs (“(eye)brow”), whence bryn. Compare Norwegian Bokmål bro, Icelandic brú (“bridge”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bruː/ Rhymes: -uː === Noun === bro c a bridge (construction that spans a divide) a road bank (road reinforced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands) a quay Synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro (northern Sweden) a set of steps leading up to the front door of a house (sometimes with a porch or a deck, and sometimes with just a single step, as in just a deck or the like), a stoop Synonym: (when a porch) farstubro ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === bro in Svensk ordbok (SO) bro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) bro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === bor == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bro. Doublet of birader === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɯˈɾo/ Hyphenation: bro === Noun === bro (definite accusative broyu, plural brolar) (youth slang) bro Synonyms: abi, aga, birader ==== Declension ==== == Vietnamese == === Etymology === From English bro. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɹo˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ zo˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɹow˧˧], [ʔɓəː˦˩ ʐow˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɹow˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹow˧˧] Phonetic spelling: brô, bờ rô === Pronoun === bro (slang, Vietnam) bro (used to address a person (presumably) around the same age, usually male) === See also === anh anh em bạn bủh em == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh bro, from Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. Cognate with Old Irish mruig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /broː/ Rhymes: -oː === Noun === bro f (plural bröydd or brofydd) region, country, land, neighbourhood, native haunt border, limit, boundary, march vale, lowland, champaign === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies