English Explanatory Dictionary

blood brother

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

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Word forms

blood brother blood brothers blood brethren

Derived words

blood brotherhood

Translations

Afrikaans: bloedbroer Belarusian: пабраці́м Bulgarian: побра́тим Chinese Cantonese: 盟兄弟 Chinese Mandarin: 把兄弟 Chinese Mandarin: 盟兄弟 Dutch: bloedbroeder Finnish: veriveli French: frère de sang German: Blutsbruder Greek: αδελφοποιτός Japanese: 義兄弟 Macedonian: по́братим Portuguese: irmão de sangue Portuguese: irmão Romanian: fârtat Romanian: frate de sânge Russian: побрати́м Russian: на́званый брат Serbo-Croatian: побратим Serbo-Croatian: pobratim Turkish: kan kardeşi Turkish: kanka Ukrainian: побрати́м
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