bros

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See also: bros., Bros., broš, broş, and Broś

English

Pronunciation

Noun

bros

  1. plural of bro

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish bros, of Celtic origin (compare Breton broud, Welsh brwyd). Glossed in the Vocabularium Cornicum as aculeus.

Noun

bros m (plural brosow)

  1. sting, prick, goad, sharp point

Etymology 2

From Middle Cornish bros, from Proto-Celtic *brutom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Cognate with Breton broud, Welsh brwyd. Glossed in the Vocabularium Cornicum as aculeus.

Adjective

bros (comparative brossa, superlatve an brossa)

  1. blazing, boiling, etc; extremely hot
Antonyms

Noun

bros m (plural brosow)

  1. (by extension of above) great heat
  2. stew, thick broth

Mutation

  Mutation of bros  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bros vros unchanged pros fros vros

References

  • 2020, An Gerlyver Meur, ed. Dr Ken George (3rd edition, p.109)

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

bros c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bro

Dutch

Etymology

Variant of broos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bros (comparative brosser, superlative meest bros or brost)

  1. brittle, breakable

Declension

Declension of bros
uninflected bros
inflected brosse
comparative brosser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial bros brosser het brost
het broste
indefinite m./f. sing. brosse brossere broste
n. sing. bros brosser broste
plural brosse brossere broste
definite brosse brossere broste
partitive bros brossers —

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bros

Faroese

Etymology

From brosa (“to smile”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bros n (genitive singular bros, plural bros)

  1. smile

Declension

n11 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bros brosið bros brosini
Accusative bros brosið bros brosini
Dative brosi brosinum brosum brosunum
Genitive bros brosins brosa brosanna

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From brosa (“to smile”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bros n (genitive singular bross, nominative plural bros)

  1. smile

Declension

    Declension of bros
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bros brosið bros brosin
accusative bros brosið bros brosin
dative brosi brosinu brosum brosunum
genitive bross brossins brosa brosanna

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch broche, from French broche, from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed or prominent-toothed”), ultimately from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

Noun

bros (first-person possessive brosku, second-person possessive brosmu, third-person possessive brosnya)

  1. brooch, piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.

Synonyms

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

bros m pl

  1. plural of bro

Spanish

Noun

bros m pl

  1. plural of bro

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

bros

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bro

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From German Brust.[1]

Noun

bros

  1. (anatomy) chest

References

  1. ^ Wurm, S.A., Mühlhäusler, P (1985) Handbook of Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin) (Pacific Linguistics; Series C, no. 70)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →DOI, page 204
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