bro

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• brah
• breh
• bruh

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Hyphenation: bro

bro (plural bros)

1. (slang) brother; a male sibling
2. (slang) brother; a male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals.
3. (slang) brother; usually used to address a male
4. (slang) a fratboy or someone that espouses the fraternity bro culture

• bruv, an abbreviated form of bruvver
• brotha
• broseph

• Bor, Bor., ORB, Rob, bor, orb, rob

From Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

bro f

1. country (-side)

From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam, bridge”).

• IPA^(key): /broː/, [b̥ʁoːˀ]

bro c (singular definite broen, plural indefinite broer)

1. bridge

• bro on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Bro (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

bro m (plural bros)

1. thorn

From Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhat, “lofty, high, tall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts. Cognate with Persian بلند‎ (boland), English borough.

bro

1. mountain top, peak
2. succession of peaks which make up a ridge

bro m (plural bros)

1. (Jersey) pitcher

• bru

From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam; bridge”).

bro f or m (definite singular broa or broen, indefinite plural broer, definite plural broene)

1. a bridge

• “bro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English blow.

• IPA^(key): /bro/

bro

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

bro

1. breath

From Old Norse brú, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruh- (“beam, bridge”).

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• Rhymes: -uː

bro c

1. a bridge; a construction that spans a divide

   Stan mellan broarna

   The town between the bridges (Stockholm old town)

   Släpp ingen djävul över bron, håll ut en stund ännu!

   Let no devil across the bridge, hold out yet a while!

2. a road bank; a road reenforced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands
3. a quay (synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro)
4. a porch (synonym: förstubro)

   Jag får min motion när jag går ifrån bron och till vår garageuppfart.

   I get my exercise when I walk from the porch to our driveway.

• bro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• bro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

From Middle Welsh bro, from Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

bro f (plural broydd or brofydd)

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

• Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “bro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies