# brom
## Albanian
### Noun

brom m
* bromine (nonmetallic chemical element)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾom]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

#### Noun

brom m (uncountable)
* bromine

##### Derived terms

* bromur

### Etymology 2

From broma (“mist, cloud”) by back-formation.

#### Adjective

brom (feminine broma, masculine plural broms, feminine plural bromes)
* cloudy
    Synonym: núvol

### Further reading

* “brom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “brom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “brom” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “brom” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* bróm

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbrom]
** Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈbroːm]
* Hyphenation: brom
* Rhymes: -om

### Noun

brom m inan
* bromine

#### Related terms

* bromid
* bromovodík

### Further reading

* “brom”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “brom”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “brom”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos), via French brome.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbʁoˀm]

### Noun

brom n (singular definite bromet, not used in plural form)
* bromine

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “brom” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “brom” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɔm

### Verb

brom
* inflection of brommen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* brome, broom, broome
* brume (Northern)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English brōm, from Proto-West Germanic *brām, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbroːm/

### Noun

brom (plural bromes)
* Broom (shrub of the family Fabaceae)
* A broom (device for sweeping)
    Synonym: besme

#### Descendants

* English: broom
* Scots: brume, bruim

#### References

* “brọ̄m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bróma (“fragment, piece”).

#### Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)
* metal scrap
    Synonym: (rare) skrap
    Dette er noe gammelt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

##### Derived terms

* selge som brom

### Etymology 2

From French brome, coined by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802 - 1876) from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

#### Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)
* bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

### References

* “brom” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “brom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bróma (“fragment, piece”).

#### Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)
* (rare) metal scrap
    Synonym: skrap
    Dette er noko gammalt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

##### Derived terms

* selje som brom

### Etymology 2

From French brome, coined by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802 - 1876) from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

#### Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)
* bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

### References

* “brom” in The Ordnett Dictionary
* “brom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brām.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /broːm/

### Noun

brōm m (nominative plural brōmas)
* broom (the plant)

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* brōmfæsten
* brōmiġ

#### Descendants

* Middle English: brom, brome, broom, broome, brume (Northern)
** English: broom
** Scots: brume, bruim

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɔm/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔm
* Syllabification: brom

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

brom m inan
* bromine

##### Derived terms

* bromowy

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

brom m
* dative plural of ber
    Synonym: berom

### Further reading

* brom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* brom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French brome.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brom/

### Noun

brom n (uncountable)
* bromine

#### Declension
### References

* brom in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French brome.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brôm/

### Noun

brȍm m (Cyrillic spelling бро̏м)
* bromine

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bróːm/, /brɔ́m/

### Noun

brọ̑m or brȍm m inan
* bromine

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “brom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French brome.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /broːm/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

brom c or n (uncountable)
* bromine

#### Related terms

* bromera (“brominate”)

### References

* brom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* brom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* brom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH

### Anagrams

* romb

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بروم (brom), from French brome.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾom/, /b(u)ˈɾom/

### Noun

brom (definite accusative bromu, uncountable)
* bromine

### Further reading

* “brom”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “brom”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From French brome, from Latin brōmus.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧] ~ [ʔɓəː˨˩ zom˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˦˩ ɹom˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: brôm, bờ Rôm

### Noun

brom
* bromine