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bros

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

English

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Noun

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bros

  1. plural of bro

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Cornish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Cornish bros, of Celtic origin (compare Breton broud, Welsh brwyd). Glossed in the Vocabularium Cornicum as aculeus.

Noun

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bros m (plural brosow)

  1. sting, prick, goad, sharp point

Etymology 2

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From Middle Cornish bros, from Proto-Celtic *brutom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-. Cognate with Breton broud, Welsh brwyd. Glossed in the Vocabularium Cornicum as aculeus.

Adjective

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bros (comparative brossa, superlative an brossa)

  1. blazing, boiling, etc; extremely hot
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Noun

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bros m (plural brosow)

  1. (by extension of above) great heat
  2. stew, thick broth

Mutation

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

References

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

Danish

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Noun

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bros c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bro

Dutch

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Etymology

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Variant of broos.

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Adjective

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bros (comparative brosser, superlative meest bros or brost)

  1. brittle, breakable

Declension

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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

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  • Afrikaans: bros

Faroese

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Etymology

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From brosa (to smile).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bros n (genitive singular bros, plural bros)

  1. smile

Declension

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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

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From brosa (to smile).

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Noun

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bros n (genitive singular bross, nominative plural bros)

  1. smile

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbrɔs]
  • Hyphenation: bros

Noun

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bros

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

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Further reading

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Portuguese

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Noun

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bros m pl

  1. plural of bro

Spanish

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Noun

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bros m pl

  1. plural of bro

Swedish

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Noun

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bros

  1. indefinite genitive singular of bro

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From German Brust.[1]

Noun

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bros

  1. (anatomy) chest

References

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  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