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brome¹
- /bɹəʊm/
Rhymes with -əʊm
Where it comes from
From the genus name, New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).
noun bromes
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Any grass of the genus Bromus.
Similar: bromegrass
brome²
- /bɹəʊm/
Rhymes with -əʊm
Where it comes from
From French brome, coined from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”). Doublet of bromus.
noun
- bromine
Brome³
proper noun
- A surname.
- A village surrounded by the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- A village in Brome and Oakley parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1376).
- A municipality and Samtgemeinde in Gifhorn district, north of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Talk about this word "brome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brome. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. brome. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/brome "brome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/brome.Cite this
@misc{brome_2026,
title = {brome},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brome},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
