brotherhood
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brotherhood
- /ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/ US
- /ˈbɹʌðəˌhʊd/ UK
- /ˈbɹʌðəˌhɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈbɹʊðəˌhʊd/ Northern England
- /ˈbɹʊðəˌɹʊd/ Northern England
- /ˈbɹʌðəɾˌhʉd/ Scotland
- /ˈbɹʌðəɹˌhʉd/ Northern Ireland
Rhymes with -ʌðə(ɹ)hʊd
Where it comes from
From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. Piecewise doublet of friarhood.
noun brotherhoods
- The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively). brotherdom
- An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity. James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.
- All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession the legal brotherhood
- People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind. a brotherhood of venerable trees
Similar: fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren, brolationship, brotherhood, brotherness, brothership, confraternity · Opposite: irrelationship, non-fraternity
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fraternity, sodality, union, trade union, labor union, trades union, fraternal, brotherliness, brotherly, kinship, brethren, sisterhood, brother, sibling, sorority, frat
noun
Similar: fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren, brolationship, brotherhood, brotherness, brothership, confraternity · Opposite: irrelationship, non-fraternity
Translations
Every language
noun persons of a like kind
| Français | fraternité |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | αδελφάτο adelfáto |
noun state of being brothers or a brother
| Español | fraternidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 형제간 hyeongjegan, 형제지간 hyeongjejigan |
| 日本語 | 兄弟の間柄 kyōdai no aidagara |
| 中文 | 哥們義氣 /哥们义气 gēmen yìqì |
| Português | irmandade, fraternidade |
| Français | fraternité |
| Deutsch | Bruderschaft |
| Italiano | fratellanza |
| Ελληνικά | αδελφοσύνη adelfosýni |
| Română | fraternitate, frăție |
| Русский | бра́тство brátstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | tình anh em |
| العربية | أُخُوَّة ʔuḵuwwa |
| עברית | אחווה \ אַחֲוָה akhavá |
noun an association of any purpose, a fraternity
| Español | hermandad, cofradía |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | बंधुत्व bandhutva |
| Português | irmandade, fraternidade |
| Français | confrérie, fraternité |
| Deutsch | Bruderschaft |
| Italiano | fratellanza |
| Ελληνικά | αδελφότητα adelfótita |
| Română | fraternitate |
| Русский | бра́тство brátstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | hữu ái |
| עברית | אחווה \ אַחֲוָה akhavá |
noun body of persons engaged in same business
| Deutsch | Kammer |
|---|
Talk about this word "brotherhood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brotherhood. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. brotherhood. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/brotherhood "brotherhood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/brotherhood.Cite this
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title = {brotherhood},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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