blood brother

English

Noun

blood brother (plural blood brothers)

An unrelated male considered to share a brother -like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.
(by extension) An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally.
A brother by blood: a brother-german or half-brother, as distinguished from step-brothers.

Translations

unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood

Belarusian: пабраці́м m (pabracím)
Bulgarian: побратим (bg) m (pobratim)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 把兄弟 (zh) (bǎxiōngdì), 盟兄弟 (zh) (méngxiōngdì)
Finnish: veriveli
French: frère de sang (fr) m
German: Blutsbruder m
Greek: αδελφοποιτός (el) m (adelfopoitós)
Japanese: 義兄弟 (ja) (ぎきょうだい, gikyōdai, ぎけいてい, gikeitei)

Macedonian: побратим m (pobratim)
Portuguese: irmão de sangue m
Romanian: fârtat (ro) m
Russian: побрати́м (ru) m (pobratím), на́званый брат m (názvanyj brat)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: побратим m

Roman: pobratim (sh) m
Ukrainian: побрати́м (uk) m (pobratým)

unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship

Chinese:
Mandarin: 把兄弟 (zh) (bǎxiōngdì), 盟兄弟 (zh) (méngxiōngdì)

Finnish: veriveli
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

full brother or half-brother — See also translations at brother-german,‎ half brother

Finnish: täysveli (full brother), velipuoli (fi) (half brother)

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