brom

brom m

1. bromine (nonmetallic chemical element)

Chemical element
Br
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• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾom]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

brom m (uncountable)

1. bromine

• bromur

From broma (“mist, cloud”) by back-formation.

brom (feminine broma, masculine plural broms, feminine plural bromes)

1. cloudy

   Synonym: núvol

• “brom”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “brom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “brom” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “brom” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chemical element
Br
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• bróm

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrom]

  • Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [ˈbroːm]
• Hyphenation: brom
• Rhymes: -om

brom m inan

1. bromine

• “brom”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “brom”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “brom”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Chemical element
Br
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From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos), via French brome.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʁoˀm]

brom n (singular definite bromet, not used in plural form)

1. bromine

• “brom” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “brom” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• Rhymes: -ɔm

brom

1. inflection of brommen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• brome, broom, broome
• brume (Northern)

Inherited from Old English brōm, from Proto-West Germanic *brām, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbroːm/

brom (plural bromes)

1. Broom (shrub of the family Fabaceae)
2. A broom (device for sweeping)

   Synonym: besme

• English: broom
• Scots: brume, bruim

• “brọ̄m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old Norse bróma (“fragment, piece”).

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. metal scrap

   Synonym: (rare) skrap

   Dette er noe gammelt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

• selge som brom

From French brome, coined by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802 - 1876) from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

• “brom” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “brom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse bróma (“fragment, piece”).

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. (rare) metal scrap

   Synonym: skrap

   Dette er noko gammalt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

• selje som brom

From French brome, coined by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802 - 1876) from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

• “brom” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “brom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *brām.

• IPA^(key): /broːm/

brōm m (nominative plural brōmas)

1. broom (the plant)

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: brom, brome, broom, broome, brume (Northern)
  • English: broom
  • Scots: brume, bruim

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: brom

Chemical element
Br
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brom m inan

1. bromine

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

brom m

1. dative plural of ber

   Synonym: berom

• brom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Chemical element
Br
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Borrowed from French brome.

• IPA^(key): /brom/

brom n (uncountable)

1. bromine

• “brom”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from French brome.

• IPA^(key): /brôm/

brȍm m inan (Cyrillic spelling бро̏м)

1. bromine

Chemical element
Br
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• IPA^(key): /bróːm/, /brɔ́m/

brọ̑m or brȍm m inan

1. bromine

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bróm
genitive	bróma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bróm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bróma
dative (dajȃlnik)	brómu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bróm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brómu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brómom

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bròm
genitive	brôma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bròm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	brôma
dative (dajȃlnik)	brômu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bròm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brômu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brômom

• “brom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Chemical element
Br
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From French brome.

• IPA^(key): /broːm/

• Audio:

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brom c or n (uncountable)

1. bromine

• bromera (“brominate”)

• brom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• brom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• brom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• romb

Chemical element
Br
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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بروم (brom), from French brome.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾom/, /b(u)ˈɾom/

brom (definite accusative bromu, uncountable)

1. bromine

• “brom”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “brom”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Chemical element
Br
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From French brome, from Latin brōmus.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧] ~ [ʔɓəː˨˩ zom˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˦˩ ɹom˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: brôm, bờ Rôm

brom

1. bromine