English Explanatory Dictionary

bro

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Brother (a male sibling).
  2. Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals).
  3. Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men.
  4. A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture.
  5. Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology.
name
  1. A surname.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of brown (eye or hair color).

Pronunciation

/bɹoʊ/ /bɹəʊ/ [bɹɞʊ̟] En-au-bro.ogg [bɹoː]

Word forms

bro bros bra brah

Etymology

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brotherclip. English bro Spelling pronunciation and clipping of brother. (Contrast bruh, which is a clipping of the pronunciation of brother rather than the spelling.) Compare Swedish bror.

Synonyms

man BRN

Related words

bruv brotha broseph

Derived words

basic bro Bernie bro Brobot brochacho brocialism brocialist bro code bro-country bro culture brodeo bro down brodown broette broey brofessor brofist broflake bro globes brogrammer brogressive brohawk brohemian brohoof bro-hug brohug broish brojob brolationship broligarch broligarchy bromance bromantic bromantical bromantically bromeopathy bromigo broness brony bro out broscience broseph brosephine BroShep broship broski brosky brosmaid brospeak brostep bro talk brotastic brotox BroTP brud cool story bro cro cryptobro debate bro DOGE bro dudebro

Translations

Esperanto: fraĉjo Finnish: veikko Finnish: veikka Finnish: veikkonen Japanese: 兄ちゃん Japanese: 兄貴 Tamil: சகோ
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