# bros
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /bɹoʊz/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bɹəʊz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊz

### Noun

bros
* plural of bro

### Anagrams

* BORs, ORBs, Sorb, bors, orbs, robs, sorb

## Cornish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

bros m (plural brosow)
* sting, prick, goad, sharp point

### Etymology 2

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

bros (comparative brossa, superlative an brossa)
* blazing, boiling, etc; extremely hot

##### Antonyms

* oor

#### Noun

bros m (plural brosow)
* (by extension of above) great heat
* stew, thick broth

### References

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

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /broːˀs/, [ˈb̥ʁoˀs]
* Homophones: brugs, brus

### Noun

bros c
* indefinite genitive singular of bro

## Dutch
### Etymology

Variant of broos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɔs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bros
* Rhymes: -ɔs

### Adjective

bros (comparative brosser, superlative meest bros or brost)
* brittle, breakable

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: bros

## Faroese
### Etymology

From brosa (“to smile”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɹoːs/
* Rhymes: -oːs

### Noun

bros n (genitive singular bros, plural bros)
* smile

#### Synonyms

* smíl

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From brosa (“to smile”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɔːs/
* Rhymes: -ɔːs

### Noun

bros n (genitive singular bross, nominative plural bros)
* smile

#### Derived terms

* brosmildur
* grátbroslegur

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

* IPA: [ˈbrɔs]
* Hyphenation: bros

### Noun

bros (plural bros-bros)
* brooch, piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body

#### Synonyms

* kerongsang (Standard Malay)

### Further reading

* “bros” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾo(w)s/ [ˈbɾo(ʊ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾo(w)s/ [ˈbɾo(ʊ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈbɾo(w)ʃ/ [ˈbɾo(ʊ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾo(w)ʃ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾo(w)ʃ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾowʃ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾoʃ/

### Noun

bros m pl
* plural of bro

## Spanish
### Noun

bros m pl
* plural of bro

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bruːs/

### Noun

bros
* indefinite genitive singular of bro

### Anagrams

* bors

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From German Brust.

### Noun

bros
* (anatomy) chest

### References

* ↑ Wurm, S.A., Mühlhäusler, P (1985) Handbook of Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin) (Pacific Linguistics; Series C, no. 70)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →DOI, page 204