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Definitions and meaning of bro

bro

Translingual

Symbol

bro

1. (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)

1. (slang) Brother (a male sibling).

2. (slang) Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals).
4. (slang) Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for a male.

   Near-synonym: man

5. (slang) A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture.
6. (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)

1. 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

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. Cognate with Breton bro

Noun

bro f (plural broyow)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. thorn

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bro. First attested in 2019.

Noun

bro m (invariable)

1. (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

1. mountain top, peak
2. 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)

1. (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)

1. bridge

Derived terms

References

• “bro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bro.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ow

Noun

bro m (plural bros)

1. (colloquial) bro (a male comrade or friend)
2. (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)

1. (slang) bro (a male comrade or friend)
2. (slang) bro (used to address a male)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English blow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bro/

Verb

bro

1. To blow, to produce air currents.
2. To breathe.

Noun

bro

1. 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

1. bridge (a construction that spans a divide)

2. road bank (a road reenforced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands)
3. quay

   Synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro

4. porch

   Synonym: förstubro

Declension

Related terms

References

• bro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• bor

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

1. (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. Cognate with Briton bro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /broː/
• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

bro f (plural bröydd or brofydd)

1. region, country, land, neighbourhood, native haunt
2. border, limit, boundary, march
3. 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

Source: wiktionary.org