Brom

See also: brom, bróm, and brom-

English

Etymology

Spelling variant of Brohm and Brahm; also a variant of Bromm, Brumm.

Proper noun

Brom (plural Broms)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brom is the 37229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 599 individuals. Brom is most common among White (92.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrom]

Proper noun

Brom m anim (female equivalent Bromová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Brom (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Brom	Bromové
genitive	Broma	Bromů
dative	Bromovi	Bromům
accusative	Broma	Bromy
vocative	Brome	Bromové
locative	Bromovi	Bromech
instrumental	Bromem	Bromy

Further reading

• “Brom”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French brome.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

Brom n (strong, genitive Broms, no plural)

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of Brom [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Brom
genitive	eines	des	Broms
dative	einem	dem	Brom
accusative	ein	das	Brom

Coordinate terms

• (chemical element): Previous: Selen. Next: Krypton

Derived terms

• bromhaltig
• bromieren

Descendants

• → Estonian: broom

Further reading

• “Brom” in Duden online
• “Brom” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Chemical element
Br
Previous: Selen (Se)
Next: Krypton (Kr)

Etymology

From French brome.

Noun

Brom m (uncountable)

1. bromine