Dictionary

brother en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• audio North Carolina
• /bɹʊˈðɜː/ Bradford South Asian
• /ˈbɹʌðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɹʊðə/ (Northern-England)
• /ˈbɹʊðəɹ/ (Ireland)
• /ˈbɹʌðɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈbɹɐðə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbɹʌvə(ɹ)/ th-fronting
• (California) audio
• /ˈbɹʊdɐ/ Dublin
• /ˈbɹʌðəɹ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• /ˈbɹʊdəɹ/ Dublin
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brother Inherited from Middle English brother, broþer, from Old English brōþor, brōðer, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of bhai, bru, frater, friar, pal, and vai. Cognates Cognate with Scots breeder, bridder, brither, broder, brother, bruther (“brother”), Yola brover, brower (“brother”), North Frisian brouder, bruler, Bröđer (“brother”), Saterland Frisian Brour, Brúur (“brother”), West Frisian broer (“brother”), Alemannic German briöder, bruder, brueder, bröder, Brüeder, Brüädär (“brother”), Bavarian pruadar, prueder, pruider (“brother”), Central Franconian Broder (“brother”), Cimbrian pruadar, pruudar (“brother”), Dutch broeder, broer (“brother”), German Bruder (“brother”), German Low German Broor (“brother”), Limburgish broor, Broër (“brother”), Luxembourgish Brudder (“brother; monk”), Mòcheno pruader (“brother”), Vilamovian brüder (“brother”), Yiddish ברודער (bruder, “brother”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish broder, bror (“brother”), Elfdalian bruoðer (“brother”), Faroese and Icelandic bróðir (“brother”), Crimean Gothic bruder (“brother”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar, “brother”); also Breton breur (“brother”), Cornish broder (“brother”), Irish bráthair (“brother”), Manx braar (“brother; friar, monk”), Scottish Gaelic bràthair (“brother”), Welsh brawd (“brother”), Latin frāter (“brother; sibling”), Ancient Greek βρά (brá, “brother”), φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr, “brother, citizen, clansman, kinsman”), Phrygian βρατερε (bratere, “brother”), Lydian 𐤡𐤭𐤠𐤱𐤭𐤳𐤦𐤳 (prafršiš, “brother”), Latgalian bruoļs (“brother”), Latvian brālis (“brother”), Lithuanian brólis (“brother”), Old Prussian brāti, brote (“brother”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian брат (brat, “brother”), Czech bratr (“brother”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene brat (“brother”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏т, brȁt (“brother; buddy, mate”), Armenian ապեր (aper), ախպար (axpar), ախպեր (axper), եղբայր (eġbayr, “brother; buddy”), Baluchi برات (barát, “brother”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish برا (bra, “brother”), Northern Kurdish bira (“as a brother”), Ossetian ӕрвад (ærvad), ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ, “brother”), Pashto ورور (wror, “brother”), Persian برادر (barādar, birādar / barâdar), برار (birār / berâr), وردار (vardâr, “brother; comrade; dude”), Ashkun břa (“younger brother”), Kamkata-viri břo (“brother”), Tregami brā (“brother”), Waigali brā, břā (“brother”), Tocharian A pracar (“brother”), Tocharian B procer (“brother”), Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother; friend”).

Meanings

1. Expressing exasperation.
   • We're being forced to work overtime? Oh, brother!

Forms

brother en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• audio North Carolina
• /bɹʊˈðɜː/ Bradford South Asian
• /ˈbɹʌðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɹʊðə/ (Northern-England)
• /ˈbɹʊðəɹ/ (Ireland)
• /ˈbɹʌðɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈbɹɐðə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbɹʌvə(ɹ)/ th-fronting
• (California) audio
• /ˈbɹʊdɐ/ Dublin
• /ˈbɹʌðəɹ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• /ˈbɹʊdəɹ/ Dublin
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brother Inherited from Middle English brother, broþer, from Old English brōþor, brōðer, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of bhai, bru, frater, friar, pal, and vai. Cognates Cognate with Scots breeder, bridder, brither, broder, brother, bruther (“brother”), Yola brover, brower (“brother”), North Frisian brouder, bruler, Bröđer (“brother”), Saterland Frisian Brour, Brúur (“brother”), West Frisian broer (“brother”), Alemannic German briöder, bruder, brueder, bröder, Brüeder, Brüädär (“brother”), Bavarian pruadar, prueder, pruider (“brother”), Central Franconian Broder (“brother”), Cimbrian pruadar, pruudar (“brother”), Dutch broeder, broer (“brother”), German Bruder (“brother”), German Low German Broor (“brother”), Limburgish broor, Broër (“brother”), Luxembourgish Brudder (“brother; monk”), Mòcheno pruader (“brother”), Vilamovian brüder (“brother”), Yiddish ברודער (bruder, “brother”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish broder, bror (“brother”), Elfdalian bruoðer (“brother”), Faroese and Icelandic bróðir (“brother”), Crimean Gothic bruder (“brother”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar, “brother”); also Breton breur (“brother”), Cornish broder (“brother”), Irish bráthair (“brother”), Manx braar (“brother; friar, monk”), Scottish Gaelic bràthair (“brother”), Welsh brawd (“brother”), Latin frāter (“brother; sibling”), Ancient Greek βρά (brá, “brother”), φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr, “brother, citizen, clansman, kinsman”), Phrygian βρατερε (bratere, “brother”), Lydian 𐤡𐤭𐤠𐤱𐤭𐤳𐤦𐤳 (prafršiš, “brother”), Latgalian bruoļs (“brother”), Latvian brālis (“brother”), Lithuanian brólis (“brother”), Old Prussian brāti, brote (“brother”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian брат (brat, “brother”), Czech bratr (“brother”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene brat (“brother”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏т, brȁt (“brother; buddy, mate”), Armenian ապեր (aper), ախպար (axpar), ախպեր (axper), եղբայր (eġbayr, “brother; buddy”), Baluchi برات (barát, “brother”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish برا (bra, “brother”), Northern Kurdish bira (“as a brother”), Ossetian ӕрвад (ærvad), ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ, “brother”), Pashto ورور (wror, “brother”), Persian برادر (barādar, birādar / barâdar), برار (birār / berâr), وردار (vardâr, “brother; comrade; dude”), Ashkun břa (“younger brother”), Kamkata-viri břo (“brother”), Tregami brā (“brother”), Waigali brā, břā (“brother”), Tocharian A pracar (“brother”), Tocharian B procer (“brother”), Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother; friend”).

Meanings

1. Son of the same parents as another person.
   • It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
2. A male having at least one parent in common with another person (see half-brother, stepbrother).
3. A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
   • Thank you, brother.
   • You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest. 1975, New King James Version, Deuteronomy 23:19
   • I would like to thank the brother who just spoke.
4. (informal) A form of address to a man.
   • Listen, brother, I don't know what you want, but I’m not interested.
   • Brother, can you spare a dime?
5. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular) A fellow black man.
   • [Michael Jackson] went on television and said, “I don't have sex because of my religious beliefs”, and the public believed it. I know brothers was like “get the fuck out of here!”. And white people, “Michael's a special kinda guy!” 1987, Eddie Murphy Raw, spoken by Eddie Murphy:
   • The white cop grilled me. He was tall, but had a stomach like a pregnant woman. The other two were brothers, and they looked like they just didn't wanna be standing there. 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 148:
   • But damn if they knew when to just leave a brother alone and let him sulk in silence. 2013, Gwyneth Bolton, Ready for Love:
   • SPIN: Aren't you both as popular with white people as black people? L.L.: Oh, no question. But I've always said, that's why when people say, "L.L., hey, like, on the last album, you sold out," I say, "Yo, can I ask you a question, Mike Tyson sell out?" "No, he's a brother." I say, he's a cross-over artist. He went pop. You know what I'm saying? I mean, the rap audience [...] they have to understand that their music is for all people. Me personally, I don't think it's about being black or white, […] 1991 January, SPIN, volume 6, number 10, page 58:
6. Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause, situation, or affection.
   • O, then! To ride upon such glories, Till my time comes nigh, And commune in the city of peaceful slumbers Among my brothers of wind-blown rye. 2016, William Burkholder, The City of My Brothers:
   • The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., (Please provide the book title or journal name):
7. Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
   • And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
8. (poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.
   • Oh, my Brothers, five nights ago many of our braves were out upon the buffalo grounds. 1908 June, Grace Kellogg, “A Keeper of the Door”, in National Magazine, volume 28, page 280:
   • The eighteenth century text, with its antislavery message and its Adamic figuration, calls implicily for the reconciliation of all peoples as "brothers" (not the reprehensible brothers of Joseph but the cocreated brothers of Adam). 1995, Theophus H. Smith, Conjuring Culture, page 89:
   • In the case of the boy, a certain amount of instruction comes from the male members of the mother's clan, such as how to go after game, how to handle horses, how to dress, how to conduct yourself and what to seek in life. They also teach the boy how to treat domestic animals. Even pets understand kindness, and the clan brothers use that as an example. 2010, Justin B. Richland, Sarah Deer, Introduction to Tribal Legal Studies, page 193:
   • The carriage that the brothers of the Kai clan rode on had travelled a lot these past few days, and the horses that pulled the carriage were exhausted. 2020, Xiao Xiao Ma Jia Hao, Three Kingdoms: Super Hegemon:

Forms

Coordinates

sister (with regards to gender)

Deriveds

brotherdom (single words) · baby brother (Compound words and expressions) · brother in Christ (Compound words and expressions) · brotherly (single words) · brother-german (Compound words and expressions) · half brother (Compound words and expressions) · foster brother (Compound words and expressions) · brotherness (single words) · half-brother (Compound words and expressions) · brotherlocks (single words) · everybody and his brother (Compound words and expressions) · blood brother (Compound words and expressions) · sugar brother (Compound words and expressions) · Robert's your mother's brother (Compound words and expressions) · brotherfucker (single words) · brother-slayer (Compound words and expressions) · three-quarter brother (Compound words and expressions) · brotherji (single words) · outbrother (single words) · brotherman (single words) · full-brother (Compound words and expressions) · The Brothers (Compound words and expressions) · brother-husband (Compound words and expressions) · co-brother (single words) · Robert is your mother's brother (Compound words and expressions) · younger brother (Compound words and expressions) · older brother (Compound words and expressions) · brotherlike (single words) · brother german (Compound words and expressions) · everyone and their brother (Compound words and expressions) · step-brother (Compound words and expressions) · Brother Jonathan (Compound words and expressions) · brotherred (single words) · brother-out-law (Compound words and expressions) · brother-zone (Compound words and expressions) · Big Brother (Compound words and expressions) · kid brother (Compound words and expressions) · cousin brother (Compound words and expressions) · Christian Brother (Compound words and expressions) · brotherless (single words) · brother-in-arms (Compound words and expressions) · brother-officer (Compound words and expressions) · milk brother (Compound words and expressions) · brothership (single words) · brother from another mother (Compound words and expressions) · brothered (single words) · good-brother (Compound words and expressions) · swordbrother (single words) · unbrothered (single words) · Middle Brother (Compound words and expressions) · merbrother (single words) · brotherfucking (single words) · my brother in Christ (single words) · everybody and their brother (Compound words and expressions) · brotherboy (single words) · Robert is your father's brother (Compound words and expressions) · stepbrother (Compound words and expressions) · soul brother (Compound words and expressions) · everyone and his brother (Compound words and expressions) · brother-in-law (Compound words and expressions) · oath-brother (Compound words and expressions) · 3/4 brother (Compound words and expressions) · brother in law (Compound words and expressions) · lay brother (Compound words and expressions) · unbrother (single words) · half brother-in-law (Compound words and expressions) · foster-brother (Compound words and expressions) · co-brother-in-law (Compound words and expressions) · cousin-brother (Compound words and expressions) · Bob's your mother's brother (Compound words and expressions) · brother chip (Compound words and expressions) · North Brother (Compound words and expressions) · bruncle (single words) · milk-brother (Compound words and expressions) · Bob's your father's brother (Compound words and expressions) · Xaverian Brother (Compound words and expressions) · womb-brother (Compound words and expressions) · Robert's your father's brother (Compound words and expressions) · big brother (Compound words and expressions) · godbrother (single words) · little brother (Compound words and expressions) · brotherhood (single words)

Descendants

brɔda · brɔda · bróda · baáa · brada · brother · broda · brada · brata · ブラザー · barata · breda · broda · braddah · 브라더 · bredda · bro̱da · brada · bróder · brata · brata · bro · broda

Hypernyms

sibling (son of common parents)

Relateds

fraternal · fraternity · friar

Translations (720)

uk брат (male sibling) · fa برادر (male fellow member of a religious community) · mww tij laug (male sibling) · gu સહોદર (male sibling) · mrj ӹзӓ (male sibling) · hu fivér (male sibling) · oj niijikiwenh (male sibling) · mww tij (male having parents in common) · os ӕнсувӕр (male sibling) · ja 弟 (male sibling) · rgn fradël (male sibling) · zh 弟弟 (male sibling) · ist fra (male sibling) · bo ཨོ་ལགས (male sibling) · fr frère (male sibling) · bi brata (male sibling) · ckb بِرا (male sibling) · gld нэил (male sibling) · bn ভাই (male sibling) · pro frayre (male sibling) · fa برادر (male having parents in common) · hu fiútestvér (male sibling) · yag waym (male sibling) · xag 𐕛𐔼𐕖𐔼 (male sibling) · pt irmão (male sibling) · mt ħu (male sibling) · pt irmão (male having parents in common) · pl braciszek (male sibling) · kl nuka (male sibling) · cs bratr (male fellow member of a religious community) · ba мырҙа (male sibling) · hy եղբայր (male sibling) · nan-tws 阿兄 (male sibling) · prg brāti (male sibling) · id bruder (christian) (male fellow member of a religious community) · id saudara (male having parents in common) · tsg manghūd (male sibling) · he אָח (male sibling) · dlg бий (male sibling) · ru брата́н (male sibling) · tzm ⴳⵎⴰ (male sibling) · et oma (peer) · esu anngaq (male sibling) · ka ძმა (male sibling) · nds Bruer (male sibling) · yue 哥哥 (male sibling) · yrl kiwira (male sibling) · tl kuya (male sibling) · ar أخو (male sibling) · za nuengx (male sibling) · ast hermanu (male sibling) · zh щүнди (male sibling) · xh ubhuti (male sibling) · hi भाऊ (male sibling) · gv braar (male having parents in common) · tr birader (male having parents in common) · ru бра́тец (male sibling) · hi भ्राता (male having parents in common) · lv brālis (male sibling) · za beix (male sibling) · hi भ्राता (male sibling) · eo frato (male fellow member of a religious community) · ro frate (male sibling) · sl brat (male having parents in common) · vec fradelo (male sibling) · kl qatanngut angut (male sibling) · eu anai (male having parents in common) · tsg magolang (male sibling) · fa بَرَادَر (male sibling) · cs brat (male sibling) · gd bràthair (male sibling) · el αδελφός (peer) · non barmi (male sibling) · lb Brudder (male sibling) · wo ràkk ju góor (male sibling) · bcl tugang na lalaki (male sibling) · ko 오빠 (male sibling) · ko 브라더 (male sibling) · te సోదరుడు (male sibling) · nb bror (male sibling) · grc ἀδελφός (male sibling) · dv ބޭބެ (male sibling) · wo mag ju góor (male sibling) · eo frato (male sibling) · lbe уссу (male sibling) · bej san (male sibling) · pi bhātar (male sibling) · gl irmán (male sibling) · fo bróðir (male sibling) · sid rodo (male sibling) · dv ކޮއްކޮ (male sibling) · bo འོག་མ (male sibling) · ane bé (male sibling) · de Bruder (male having parents in common) · fi veli (male sibling) · ee tsɛ (male sibling) · zlw-ocs brach (male sibling) · mrw pagari (male sibling) · sva მუხვბე (male sibling) · yue 大佬 (male sibling) · dz ཕོ་རྒནམ (male sibling) · ja 兄弟 (male sibling) · ady шы (male sibling) · mwl fraire (male fellow member of a religious community) · ne दाजु (male sibling) · zlw-slv brat (male sibling) · fa داداش (male sibling) · vi huynh đệ (male having parents in common) · pms frèl (male sibling) · jam broda (male sibling) · ur بْھراتا (male sibling) · mfe frer (male sibling) · min uda (male sibling) · tt эне (male sibling) · dlm frutro (male sibling) · pms fradel (male sibling) · crh ağa (male sibling) · nds Brauder (male sibling) · bo ཅོ་ཅོག (male sibling) · com pabi (male sibling) · evn нэкун (male sibling) · nl broeder (male fellow member of a religious community) · mkz kaka (male sibling) · bn বেরাদর (male fellow member of a religious community) · mww kwv tij (male sibling) · da broder (male sibling) · alt ини (male sibling) · sl brat (male sibling) · izh velipoika (male sibling) · mnc ᡩᡝᠣ (male sibling) · mkz noko (male sibling) · br breudeur (male sibling) · dsb bratš (male sibling) · km ភាតា (male sibling) · ab аиашьа (male sibling) · trk-oat قردآش (male sibling) · uz uka (male sibling) · nap frate (male sibling) · egy sn-n:A1 (male sibling) · cs bratr (male having parents in common) · is brói (male sibling) · zro kwiñu (male sibling) · min ajo (male sibling) · lb Brudder (male having parents in common) · ml ഇക്ക (male sibling) · eve нө (male sibling) · it fratello (male fellow member of a religious community) · et veli (male sibling) · rup frate (roa-rup) (male sibling) · nl broeder (male having parents in common) · chr ᏗᎾᏓᏅᏟ (male sibling) · eu neba (male having parents in common) · hi वीर (male sibling) · co frateddu (male sibling) · my မောင် (male sibling) · hi भैया (male sibling) · kea irmon (male having parents in common) · ban nyama muani (male sibling) · osx brōthar (male sibling) · frr bruler (male sibling) · si අය්යා (male sibling) · jv mas (peer) · ba эне (male sibling) · mhn pruader (male sibling) · an chirmán (male sibling) · ml ചേട്ടൻ (male sibling) · ta அண்ணன் (male sibling) · hi भाई (male sibling) · trk-oat آغا (male sibling) · ti ሓወ (male sibling) · el αδερφός (male sibling) · ca germà (male fellow member of a religious community) · wal ishaa (male sibling) · ar شَقِيق (male sibling) · sdh بِرا (male sibling) · es hermano (peer) · hit 𒋀𒀸 (male sibling) · mn дүү (male sibling) · ky ини (male sibling) · vo higem (male sibling) · udm брат (male sibling) · inh воша (male sibling) · ko 형님 (male sibling) · min uwen (male sibling) · mg anadahy (male sibling) · aii ܐܲܚܘܿܢܵܐ (male sibling) · aii ܐܲܚܵܐ (male sibling) · be брат (male sibling) · kea irmon (peer) · hy եղբայր (male fellow member of a religious community) · ko 아우 (male sibling) · ky ага (male sibling) · chn kahpo (male sibling) · aa saqal (male sibling) · gu બંધુ (male sibling) · agj እህ (male sibling) · uga 𐎀𐎃 (male sibling) · sh бра̏т (male sibling) · mww kwv tij (male having parents in common) · hi बंधु (male having parents in common) · ro frate (male having parents in common) · ryu ゐきー (male sibling) · sv bror (male sibling) · tr kardeş (male sibling) · mww nus (male sibling) · eve акан (male sibling) · ani воцци (male sibling) · twf pʼǫ́yna (male sibling) · ht frè (male sibling) · es hermano (male fellow member of a religious community) · hu bátya (male sibling) · ko 형제 (male sibling) · arc ܐܚܐ (male sibling) · apw bikʼisn (male sibling) · mwl armano (male sibling) · jv kangmas (male sibling) · la germānus (male sibling) · cu братръ (male sibling) · bn বেরাদর (male sibling) · cst ká̄nak tausík̄is (male sibling) · myv леля (male sibling) · rif uma (male having parents in common) · ug ئىنى (male sibling) · ta தம்பி (male sibling) · eo frato (peer) · sh brȁt (male sibling) · ltg bruoļs (male sibling) · or ଭାଇ (male sibling) · pa ਵੀਰ (male sibling) · hi सहधर्मी (male fellow member of a religious community) · tl sangko (male sibling) · el αδελφός (male sibling) · da bror (male having parents in common) · txb procer (male sibling) · tr birader (peer) · bo ཇོ་ཇོ (male sibling) · lt brolis (male having parents in common) · tl siko (male sibling) · id kakak laki-laki (male sibling) · nmb titiamu (male sibling) · jv dimas (male sibling) · hu féltestvér (male having parents in common) · tyv дуңма (male sibling) · esh برار (male having parents in common) · prg brāti (male having parents in common) · evn акин (male sibling) · mnc ᠠᡥᡡᠨ (male sibling) · ee tsɛ (male having parents in common) · tt абый (male sibling) · th พี่ (male sibling) · de bruada (male sibling) · kk іні (male sibling) · id saudara (peer) · vot velli (male sibling) · eu anaia (male sibling) · zh 兄弟 (male sibling) · ja 兄ちゃん (male sibling) · nl broeder (peer) · vi anh em (male having parents in common) · mrj шоля (male sibling) · ms ابڠ (male sibling) · frr brouder (male sibling) · vi em (male sibling) · su aa (male sibling) · bo ཇོ་ལགས (male sibling) · my ညီ (male sibling) · tyv акы (male sibling) · kl angaju (male sibling) · gag aga (male sibling) · ar إخوات (male sibling) · udm вын (male sibling) · ovd bruor (male sibling) · aiw isimanna (male sibling) · zh 小弟 (male sibling) · krc къарындаш (male sibling) · sa भ्रातृ (male sibling) · pt irmão (male fellow member of a religious community) · mwl fraile (male fellow member of a religious community) · xto pracar (male sibling) · zh 兄弟 (male fellow member of a religious community) · sm uso (male sibling) · kaw ari (male sibling) · mdf альняка (male sibling) · da broder (male having parents in common) · nds Broder (male sibling) · luy wandaywe© (male sibling) · ms saudara (male fellow member of a religious community) · mba sulud ma-ama (male sibling) · zu ubhuti (male sibling) · nv ánaaí (male sibling) · sw kaka (male sibling) · io fratulo (male sibling) · udi вичи (male sibling) · es hermano (male having parents in common) · bo ནུ་བོ (male sibling) · mn ах дүү (male sibling) · sh brȁt (male having parents in common) · co fratellu (male sibling) · af broer (male having parents in common) · pl brat (male having parents in common) · xcl եղբայր (male sibling) · ay jilata (male sibling) · kl ani (male sibling) · grc ἀδελφός (male having parents in common) · it fratello (male having parents in common) · vec fradel (male sibling) · udm агай (male sibling) · he אח (male having parents in common) · ar أخ (male sibling) · zh 兄弟 (male sibling) · os ӕрвадӕ (male sibling) · yue 弟兄 (male fellow member of a religious community) · zza bra (diq) (male sibling) · ee fo (male having parents in common) · vep veik (male sibling) · oj nishiime (male sibling) · tr abi (male sibling) · tr aga (male sibling) · lij fræ (male sibling) · mwl frade (male fellow member of a religious community) · rup frati (roa-rup) (male sibling) · qu wawqi (male sibling) · gld ага (male sibling) · ta சகோதரன் (male sibling) · ia fratre (male fellow member of a religious community) · zh 阿兄 (male sibling) · hi बंधु (male sibling) · yai вирот (male sibling) · arc אַחָא (male sibling) · akk 𒋀 (male sibling) · sq vëlla (male sibling) · yi ברודער (male having parents in common) · tg бародар (male sibling) · th ภราดา (male sibling) · yue 弟弟 (male sibling) · bqi گگه (male sibling) · os ӕфсымӕр (male sibling) · ar أَخ (male sibling) · yue 細佬 /细佬 (male sibling) · ky байке (male sibling) · sh бра̏т (male having parents in common) · fr frère (male fellow member of a religious community) · bal برات (male sibling) · sah убай (male sibling) · es hermano (male sibling) · nmb titiatah (male sibling) · fr semblable (peer) · ia fratre (male sibling) · ru брат (male having parents in common) · pdt Brooda (nds) (male sibling) · hsb bratr (male sibling) · lki بِرا (male sibling) · ilo kabagis (male sibling) · br breudeur (male having parents in common) · cs bratr (male sibling) · fo beiggi (male sibling) · ha ɗanuwa (male sibling) · uz aka (male sibling) · it pari (peer) · rm frar (male sibling) · tr kardeş (male having parents in common) · csb brat (male sibling) · rom phral (male sibling) · fi veli (male having parents in common) · ddg kaka (male sibling) · hi भ्रातृ (male sibling) · hy ախպեր (male having parents in common) · to tuonga'ane (male sibling) · mww tij (male sibling) · zh 大兄 (male sibling) · yua íitsʼin (male sibling) · sk brat (male sibling) · ja 兄弟 (male having parents in common) · cv ар тӑван (male sibling) · mdh pagali (male sibling) · alt ака (male sibling) · et vend (male sibling) · vi anh em (male sibling) · ps ورور (male sibling) · izh vello (male sibling) · bh भाई (male sibling) · chn ow (male sibling) · nds Broer (male sibling) · mww nus (male having parents in common) · kn ಸಹೋದರ (male sibling) · sco brither (male sibling) · ar أخ (male sibling) · vi em trai (male sibling) · alt карындаш (male sibling) · ja お兄さん (male sibling) · ay jila (male sibling) · crh qardaş (male sibling) · naq ǃgâsab (male sibling) · sei aacaz (male sibling) · yai ако (male sibling) · pt irmão (peer) · sv broder (male sibling) · to tokoua (male sibling) · szl brat (male sibling) · crs frer (male sibling) · nv atsilí (male sibling) · mk брат (male having parents in common) · ko 동생 (male sibling) · fa لَالَا (male sibling) · mi parata (male fellow member of a religious community) · sah ини (male sibling) · niv ыкын (male sibling) · it confratello (male fellow member of a religious community) · niv атик (male sibling) · xh úbhutí (male fellow member of a religious community) · twf pòpóna (male sibling) · dz ནུ་གཅུང (male sibling) · dz བུ་སྤུན (male sibling) · so walaal (male sibling) · ace aduen (male sibling) · ast hermanu (male having parents in common) · niv асӄа (male sibling) · si මල්ලි (male sibling) · it fratello (male sibling) · xlc 𐊏𐊚𐊏𐊆 (male sibling) · ka ძმა (male having parents in common) · lad ermano (male sibling) · ilo kabsat a lalaki (male sibling) · wo càmmiñ (male sibling) · ko 오라버님 (male sibling) · mi hāmua (male sibling) · tr kardeş (peer) · it fratello (peer) · krl velli (male sibling) · zh 兄哥 (male sibling) · os ӕрвад (male sibling) · ota آغا (male sibling) · txb procer (male having parents in common) · hu hittestvér (male fellow member of a religious community) · su rayi (male sibling) · und braurer (nds) (male having parents in common) · nup yégi bagi (male sibling) · is bróðir (male sibling) · ru брати́шка (male sibling) · ko 남동생 (male sibling) · min uwan (male sibling) · sv broder (male fellow member of a religious community) · mk брат (male fellow member of a religious community) · lmo fradell (male sibling) · da broder (male fellow member of a religious community) · gv braar (male sibling) · pl brat (male sibling) · kum къардаш (male sibling) · ja ブラザー (male sibling) · lo ນ້ອງຊາຍ (male sibling) · ga deartháir (male sibling) · dlg убай (male sibling) · ang brōþor (male sibling) · de Brüeder (male sibling) · min ombak (male sibling) · orv братъ (male sibling) · nan-tws 阿弟 (male sibling) · udm нюня (male sibling) · ruo fråte (male sibling) · da bror (male sibling) · pdc Bruder (male sibling) · ar أخو (male sibling) · ba ҡусты (male sibling) · hi सहोदर (male having parents in common) · mi tungāne (male sibling) · rue брат (male sibling) · hy եղբայր (male having parents in common) · mic nidap (male sibling) · et vend (male having parents in common) · izh veikko (male sibling) · ko 형 (male sibling) · nus däman (male sibling) · qu turi (male sibling) · ja 兄 (male sibling) · yue 兄弟 (male sibling) · mi tuakana (male sibling) · krc къарнаш (male sibling) · tt абзый (male sibling) · ms abang (male sibling) · su raka (male sibling) · br breur (male having parents in common) · kek as (male sibling) · hu testvér (male fellow member of a religious community) · yrl mú (male sibling) · vo blod (male sibling) · gez እኅው (male sibling) · fi veli (male fellow member of a religious community) · om obboleessa (male sibling) · ca germà (male having parents in common) · wao ʔépa (male sibling) · rmf phaal (male sibling) · se viellja (male sibling) · oc fraire (male sibling) · bg брат (male fellow member of a religious community) · km ភាតរ (male sibling) · frr Bröđer (male sibling) · kea armun (male sibling) · el αδελφός (male having parents in common) · liv veļ (male sibling) · ug ئاكا (male sibling)

wikidata: Q10861465

brother en · VERB

Pronunciation

• audio North Carolina
• /bɹʊˈðɜː/ Bradford South Asian
• /ˈbɹʌðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbɹʊðə/ (Northern-England)
• /ˈbɹʊðəɹ/ (Ireland)
• /ˈbɹʌðɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈbɹɐðə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈbɹʌvə(ɹ)/ th-fronting
• (California) audio
• /ˈbɹʊdɐ/ Dublin
• /ˈbɹʌðəɹ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• /ˈbɹʊdəɹ/ Dublin
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brother Inherited from Middle English brother, broþer, from Old English brōþor, brōðer, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Doublet of bhai, bru, frater, friar, pal, and vai. Cognates Cognate with Scots breeder, bridder, brither, broder, brother, bruther (“brother”), Yola brover, brower (“brother”), North Frisian brouder, bruler, Bröđer (“brother”), Saterland Frisian Brour, Brúur (“brother”), West Frisian broer (“brother”), Alemannic German briöder, bruder, brueder, bröder, Brüeder, Brüädär (“brother”), Bavarian pruadar, prueder, pruider (“brother”), Central Franconian Broder (“brother”), Cimbrian pruadar, pruudar (“brother”), Dutch broeder, broer (“brother”), German Bruder (“brother”), German Low German Broor (“brother”), Limburgish broor, Broër (“brother”), Luxembourgish Brudder (“brother; monk”), Mòcheno pruader (“brother”), Vilamovian brüder (“brother”), Yiddish ברודער (bruder, “brother”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish broder, bror (“brother”), Elfdalian bruoðer (“brother”), Faroese and Icelandic bróðir (“brother”), Crimean Gothic bruder (“brother”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar, “brother”); also Breton breur (“brother”), Cornish broder (“brother”), Irish bráthair (“brother”), Manx braar (“brother; friar, monk”), Scottish Gaelic bràthair (“brother”), Welsh brawd (“brother”), Latin frāter (“brother; sibling”), Ancient Greek βρά (brá, “brother”), φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr, “brother, citizen, clansman, kinsman”), Phrygian βρατερε (bratere, “brother”), Lydian 𐤡𐤭𐤠𐤱𐤭𐤳𐤦𐤳 (prafršiš, “brother”), Latgalian bruoļs (“brother”), Latvian brālis (“brother”), Lithuanian brólis (“brother”), Old Prussian brāti, brote (“brother”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian брат (brat, “brother”), Czech bratr (“brother”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene brat (“brother”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏т, brȁt (“brother; buddy, mate”), Armenian ապեր (aper), ախպար (axpar), ախպեր (axper), եղբայր (eġbayr, “brother; buddy”), Baluchi برات (barát, “brother”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish برا (bra, “brother”), Northern Kurdish bira (“as a brother”), Ossetian ӕрвад (ærvad), ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ, “brother”), Pashto ورور (wror, “brother”), Persian برادر (barādar, birādar / barâdar), برار (birār / berâr), وردار (vardâr, “brother; comrade; dude”), Ashkun břa (“younger brother”), Kamkata-viri břo (“brother”), Tregami brā (“brother”), Waigali brā, břā (“brother”), Tocharian A pracar (“brother”), Tocharian B procer (“brother”), Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother; friend”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To treat as a brother.
   • Seest thou not we are overreached, and that our proposed mode of communicating with our friends without has been disconcerted by this same motley gentleman thou art so fond to brother? 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

Forms

Translations (11)

tr kardeş bilmek (to treat as a brother) · tr kardeş saymak (to treat as a brother) · no brors (to treat as a brother) · ro fraterniza (to treat as a brother) · zza bra kerden (to treat as a brother) · el συναδελφώνομαι (to treat as a brother) · ro înfrăți (to treat as a brother) · fi veljeillä (to treat as a brother) · de verbrüdern (to treat as a brother) · tr kardeş bellemek (to treat as a brother) · fr fraterniser (to treat as a brother)