bro

• bra, brah, breh, bruh

Clipping of brother.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Hyphenation: bro
• Homophone: Breaux

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) fratboy (or someone that espouses the fraternity bro culture)

bro (third-person singular, masculine, nominative or objective case)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) he or him

   Bro said he finna go off today

   You gotta go up to bro and say, "I know what you mean"

• bruv (an abbreviated form of bruvver)
• brotha
• broseph

• BOR, Bor, Bor., ORB, ROB, Rob, bor, orb, rob

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

bro f (plural broioù)

1. country (-side)

From Old Danish bro, from Old East Norse brō, 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

Norwegian Bokmål: bro

• “bro” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bro” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

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bro m (plural bros)

1. (Jersey) pitcher

• bru

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

• IPA^(key): /bruː/

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• Rhymes: -uː

bro c

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

   Synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro

4. porch

   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.

   Synonym: förstubro

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

• bor

From Middle Welsh bro, from Proto-Brythonic *broɣ, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. Cognate with Old Irish mruig. Cognate with Briton bro.

• IPA^(key): /broː/
• Rhymes: -oː

bro f (plural bröydd or brofydd)

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

• 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