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half brother en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌhæfˈbɹʌðɚ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Middle English half broþer, equivalent to half + brother. Cognate with Dutch halfbroer (“halfbrother”), German Halbbruder (“halfbrother”), Danish halvbroder (“halfbrother”), Swedish halvbroder, halvbror (“halfbrother”), Icelandic hálfbróðir (“halfbrother”).

Meanings

1. A male sibling sharing a single parent, as distinguished from a full brother or brother-german, from a step-brother, or from a brother-like figure such as a blood brother.
2. A male half sibling (same dam, different sires).

Forms

Deriveds

half brother-in-law

Hypernyms

sibling · relative · half sibling · half-sibling

Hyponyms

maternal half-brother (a half-brother sharing the same mother) · maternal half brother (a half-brother sharing the same mother) · paternal half-brother (a half-brother sharing the same father)

Relateds

stepbrother · half uncle · half sister · half-sister · half cousin · half-cousin · half-uncle

Translations (89)

fo hálvbeiggi (male half-sibling) · twf pòpóna (male half-sibling) · sv halvbroder (male half-sibling) · ko 의붓 형제 (male half-sibling) · mt ħu tan-nofs (male half-sibling) · hsn 共爷隔娘 (son of the same father but a different mother) · la agnatus (son of the same father but a different mother) · nan-hbl 仝爸各母 (son of the same father but a different mother) · cy hanner brawd (male half-sibling) · hi सौतेला भाई (male half-sibling) · ro frate pe jumătate (male half-sibling) · gv lieh-vraar (male half-sibling) · nrf d'mié-fréthe (male half-sibling) · es hermanastro (male half-sibling) · vi cùng cha khác mẹ (son of the same father but a different mother) · cmn 同母異父 /同母异父 (son of the same mother but a different father) · it mezzo fratello (male half-sibling) · ja 異父 (son of the same mother but a different father) · ceb hablos (male half-sibling) · ga leasdeartháir (male half-sibling) · fi velipuoli (male half-sibling) · gl medio irmán (male half-sibling) · twf pʼǫ́yna (male half-sibling) · la semigermanus (male half-sibling) · nn halvbror (male half-sibling) · hsn 共娘隔爺 /共娘隔爷 (son of the same mother but a different father) · ur سوتیلا بھائی (male half-sibling) · it fratellastro (male half-sibling) · bg полубрат (son of the same mother but a different father) · cmn 同父異母 /同父异母 (son of the same father but a different mother) · sv halvbror (male half-sibling) · vi cùng mẹ khác cha (son of the same mother but a different father) · kw hanter-broder (male half-sibling) · bg полубрат (son of the same father but a different mother) · ast hermanastru (male half-sibling) · ja 異腹 (son of the same father but a different mother) · cs nevlastní bratr (male half-sibling) · cmn 同父异母 (son of the same father but a different mother) · ms adik tiri (male half-sibling) · la semifrater (male half-sibling) · pl przyrodni brat (male half-sibling) · la frater agnatus (son of the same father but a different mother) · bg полубрат (male half-sibling) · ms abang tiri (male half-sibling) · ka ნახევარძმა (male half-sibling) · pt meio-irmão (male half-sibling) · el ετεροθαλής αδελφός (male half-sibling) · br hantervreur (male half-sibling) · eo duonfrato (male half-sibling) · hu féltestvér (male half-sibling) · yue 同母異父 /同母异父 (son of the same mother but a different father) · nan-hbl 同父异母 (son of the same father but a different mother) · ja 畑違い (son of the same father but a different mother) · ga leathdheartháir (male half-sibling) · ru единокро́вный брат (son of the same father but a different mother) · lv pusbrālis (male half-sibling) · la uterinus (son of the same mother but a different father) · nl halfbroer (male half-sibling) · nb halvbror (male half-sibling) · vi cùng cha khác mẹ (son of the same mother but a different father) · la frater consanguineus (son of the same father but a different mother) · nan-hbl 同母異父 /同母异父 (son of the same mother but a different father) · es medio hermano (male half-sibling) · nan-hbl 同父異母 /同父异母 (son of the same father but a different mother) · gd leth-bhràthair (male half-sibling) · te సవతి సోదరుడు (male half-sibling) · ja 腹違い (son of the same father but a different mother) · is hálfbróðir (male half-sibling) · ca germanastre (male half-sibling) · nan-hbl 仝母各爸 (son of the same mother but a different father) · fr demi-frère (male half-sibling) · fa برادر ناتنی (male half-sibling) · la frater uterinus (son of the same mother but a different father) · hsn 共爺隔娘 /共爷隔娘 (son of the same father but a different mother) · ja 胤変わり (son of the same mother but a different father) · fo hálvbróðir (male half-sibling) · ja 異母 (son of the same father but a different mother) · sh polùbrat (male half-sibling) · de Halbbruder (male half-sibling) · ast mediohermanu (male half-sibling) · hsb połbratr (male half-sibling) · ro frate vitreg (male half-sibling) · yue 同父异母 (son of the same father but a different mother) · nl halfbroeder (male half-sibling) · yue 同父異母 /同父异母 (son of the same father but a different mother) · ru единоутро́бный брат (son of the same mother but a different father) · sh полу̀брат (male half-sibling) · mk полубрат (male half-sibling) · ja 胤違い (son of the same mother but a different father)