bromo

From bromine.

bromo (plural bromos)

1. A dose of a proprietary sedative containing bromide (a bromo-seltzer).

• bromine

• Broom, Rombo, broom, ombro-

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbromo/

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• Rhymes: -omo
• Hyphenation: bro‧mo

bromo (uncountable, accusative bromon)

1. (chemistry) bromine

bromo m (uncountable)

1. bromine

Borrowed from French brome.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: brò‧mo

bromo m (plural bromi)

1. (chemistry) bromine

• morbo, ombro, ombrò, rombo, rombò

bromo

1. nonstandard spelling of brama

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɔ.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɔː.mo]

bromō

1. dative/ablative singular of bromos

• Hyphenation: bro‧mo

bromo m (usually uncountable, plural bromos)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) bromine

   Synonym: brómio

• bromato
• brómico

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾomo/ [ˈbɾo.mo]

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• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: bro‧mo

Borrowed from French brome (“bromine”), from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stench, stink”), for its noisome smell.

bromo m (uncountable)

1. bromine

From the genus name Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oats”).

bromo m (plural bromos)

1. brome

• “bromo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024