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Is brother a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word brother is a Scrabble US word. The word brother is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is brother a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word brother is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is brother a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word brother is a Words With Friends word. The word brother is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

BROTHER,

6-letter words (3 found)

BOTHER,RHETOR,ROTHER,

5-letter words (7 found)

BERTH,BORER,BROTH,OTHER,RETRO,THROB,THROE,

4-letter words (21 found)

BETH,BOET,BORE,BORT,BOTE,BOTH,BRER,HERB,HERO,HOER,HORE,HOTE,ROBE,ROHE,RORE,RORT,ROTE,TEHR,THRO,TORE,TORR,

3-letter words (29 found)

BET,BOH,BOR,BOT,BRO,BRR,ERR,ETH,HER,HET,HOB,HOE,HOT,OBE,ORB,ORE,ORT,REB,REH,REO,RET,RHO,ROB,ROE,ROT,THE,THO,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (14 found)

BE,BO,EH,ER,ET,HE,HO,OB,OE,OH,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 76 words from brother according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of brother

brother

Alternative forms

  • brotha, brudda (Jamaica, African-American Vernacular)
  • brothah, brothuh
  • bruvver (Cockney, MLE)
  • broth'r (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English brother, from Old English brōþor, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of bhai, frater, friar, and pal.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹʌðɚ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɐðɘ(ɹ)/
  • (th-fronting) IPA(key): /ˈbɹʌvə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)

Noun

brother (plural brothers or (archaic in most senses) brethren)

  1. Son of the same parents as another person.
  2. A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
  3. A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
    • 1975, New King James Version, Deuteronomy 23:19
      You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.
  4. (informal) A form of address to a man.
  5. (African-American Vernacular) A fellow black man.
  6. Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
  7. Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
  8. (poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.

Usage notes

  • The plural “brethren” (cf. “sistren”, “sistern”) is not used for biological brothers in contemporary English (although it was in older usage). It still finds use, however, in the meaning of “members of a religious order”. It is also sometimes used in other figurative senses, e.g. “adherents of the same religion”, “countrymen”, and the like.

Hypernyms

  • (son of common parents): sibling

Coordinate terms

  • (with regards to gender): sister

Derived terms

(Abbreviations): bro, brah, bra, bruh, bruv, bruvver

Related terms

Descendants

  • Bahamian Creole: bredda
  • Belizean Creole: breda
  • Bislama: brata
  • Cameroon Pidgin: bro̱da
  • Gullah: broda
  • Hawaiian Creole: braddah
    • → English: braddah
  • Islander Creole English: broda
  • Kabuverdianu: bróda
  • Krio: brohda
  • Nicaraguan Creole: brada
  • Nigerian Pidgin: broda
  • Pichinglis: brɔda
  • Pijin: brata
  • Saramaccan: baáa
  • Sranan Tongo: brada
    • → Dutch: brada
  • Tok Pisin: brata, barata
  • → Japanese: ブラザー
  • → Korean: 브라더 (beuradeo)
  • → Portuguese: brada (Mozambique), bróder (Brazil)

Translations

Verb

brother (third-person singular simple present brothers, present participle brothering, simple past and past participle brothered)

  1. (transitive) To treat as a brother.

Translations

Interjection

brother

  1. Expressing exasperation.
    We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother!

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • broþer, broþir, broþur, broder, broðer, brothir, brothur, broiþer, bruther, brodir, broder, brothre, broþre, brodyr
  • (Ormulum) broþerr

Etymology

From Old English brōþor, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of frere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbroːðər/

Noun

brother (plural brether or brethren or brotheren or (rare) brothers, genitive brother or brothers)

  1. A brother or brother-in-law; a male sibling.
  2. A (Christian) man (i.e. as a "brother in life/brother in Christ").
  3. A blood brother; one in a mutual pact of loyalty between two.
  4. Another member of a religious community or order (when one is a member)
  5. Another member of a guild or craft association (when one is a member)
  6. A male individual who one has a close platonic relationship with.
  7. (rare) One of one's peers as a ruler; (another) ruler.
  8. (rare) A relative or family member who is a man.
  9. (rare, alchemy) Something similar to something else.

Related terms

  • brotherhede
  • brother-in-lawe
  • brotherles
  • brotherly
  • brotherwort

Descendants

  • English: brother (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: brither, bruther, broder, bruder
  • Yola: brover, brower

References

  • “brọ̄ther, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-21.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brōþer.

Noun

brōther m

  1. brother

Descendants

  • North Frisian:
    Amrum: bruder
    Föhr: bruler
    Northern Goesharder: (Hoolmer) broor, (Hoorninger) brår
    Southern Goesharder: brööðer
    Hallig: bröör
    Halunder: Bruur
    Mooring: brouder
    Söl'ring: Bröðer
  • Saterland Frisian: Brúur, Brour
  • West Frisian: broer

Portuguese

Noun

brother m (plural brothers)

  1. Alternative spelling of bróder

Source: wiktionary.org