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blood brother en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.
   • "He is a blood brother and an oath brother of Odin, highest of the gods." 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 241:
2. (broadly) An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally.
3. A brother by blood: a brother-german or half-brother, as distinguished from step-brothers.

Forms

Deriveds

blood brotherhood

Translations (35)

pt irmão (unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship) · cmn 盟兄弟 (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · tr kanka (unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship) · yue 盟兄弟 (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · tr kan kardeşi (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · ru на́званый брат (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · fr frère de sang (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · ru побрати́м (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · uk побрати́м (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · mk по́братим (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · la germanus (full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother) · sh побратим (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · pt irmão germano (full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother) · bg побра́тим (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · nl bloedbroeder (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · be пабраці́м (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · pt irmão bilateral (full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother) · el αδελφοποιτός (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · sh pobratim (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · de Blutsbruder (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · fi veriveli (unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship) · cmn 把兄弟 (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · cmn 盟兄弟 (unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship) · ro fârtat (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · pt meio-irmão (full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother) · fi täysveli (full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother) · fi velipuoli (full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother) · cmn 把兄弟 (unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship) · ro frate de sânge (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · fi veriveli (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · ja 義兄弟 (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · tr kan kardeşi (unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship) · pt irmão de sangue (unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship) · pt irmão de sangue (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) · af bloedbroer (unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood)