Bro
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bro¹
- /ˈbɹəʊ̯/ UK
- [ˈbɹʷəʊ̯] UK
- /ˈbɹɵʊ̯/ UK
- [ˈbɹʷɵʊ̯] UK
- /ˈbɹəʉ̯/ Australia
- [ˈbɹʷəʉ̯] Australia
- /ˈbɹɐʉ̯/ Australia
- [ˈbɹʷɐ̝ʉ̯] Australia
- /ˈbɹoʊ̯/ Canadian, US, Standard
- [ˈbɹʷoʊ̯] Canadian, US, Standard
- /ˈbɹɔʊ̯/ Canadian, US, Standard
- [ˈbɹʷɔ̝ʊ̯] Canadian, US, Standard
- /ˈbɹoː/
- [ˈbɹʷoː]
Sounds like Breaux · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
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.
noun bros · bra · brah · xro · vro · bru
- Brother (a male sibling). My mom took my lil' bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up.
- Brother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals). Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately.
- Brother, my man, good sir; a friendly term of address for typically men. Near-synonym: man
- A frat boy or someone who espouses the fraternity bro culture.
- Someone, usually male, who aggressively evangelizes a person, concept or technology. Pfeiffer's partners at Pod Save America — the audio outpost of the resistance that had made a collection of Obama Bros niche superstars, had invested as producers in a documentary about the Senate run.
Bro²
Where it comes from
* As a North Germanic/Scandinavian topographic surname from either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish bro (“bridge”).
* As a French surname, variant of Brault and Breaux.
* As an Irish surname, possibly a variant of Broe, Brew.
proper noun Bros
- A surname.
BRO³
adjective
- Abbreviation of brown (eye or hair color).brown
