bros

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

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɹoʊz/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹəʊz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊz

Noun

bros

  1. plural of bro

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish bros, from Proto-Celtic *brozdos (point, tip), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰresdʰ-, from *bʰers- (tip, point). Cognate with Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic brod, and Welsh brath.

Noun

bros m (plural brosow)

  1. sting, prick, goad, sharp point
Derived terms
  • bros viw, bros vughes, bros warthek (cattle prod)
  • brosa (goad, prick, sting, verb)
  • brosans (provocation)
  • brosek (caustic)
  • rogha bros (stingray)

Verb

bros

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of brosa
  2. second-person singular imperative of brosa

Etymology 2

From Middle Cornish bros, from Proto-Celtic *brutom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Cognate with Breton broud, Welsh brwd.

Adjective

bros (comparative brossa, superlative an brossa)

  1. blazing, boiling; extremely hot
    Antonym: oor

Noun

bros m (plural brosow)

  1. great heat
  2. stew, thick broth

Mutation

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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /broːˀs/, [ˈb̥ʁoˀs]
  • Homophones: brugs, brus

Noun

bros c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bro

Dutch

Etymology

Variant of broos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɔs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bros
  • Rhymes: -ɔs

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

  • IPA(key): /pɹoːs/
  • Rhymes: -oːs

Noun

bros n (genitive singular bros, plural bros)

  1. smile

Declension

Declension of bros (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

  • smíl

Icelandic

Etymology

From brosa (to smile).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɔːs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːs

Noun

bros n (genitive singular bross, nominative plural bros)

  1. smile

Declension

Declension of bros (neuter)
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

  • brosmildur
  • grátbroslegur

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 (plural bros-bros)

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

Synonyms

  • kerongsang (Standard Malay)

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾo(w)s/ [ˈbɾo(ʊ̯)s]
 

Noun

bros m pl

  1. plural of bro

Spanish

Noun

bros m pl

  1. plural of bro

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruːs/

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)‎[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →DOI, page 204