wikipedia|Brother (disambiguation)
English

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Etymology
OE. broþor|br�þor, from Germanic *br�þ�r, from Indo-European *bʰr�ter-. Cognates include Dutch broeder, German Bruder, and Danish & Swedish broder, all from the same Germanic root; and from Indo-European, Latin frater, Russian б�а� (brat), Greek ��ά�η� (frater), Latvian brãlis, Persian
fa-Arab|برادر (barâdar), Old Prussian br�ti, and Welsh brawd.

Noun
en-noun|pl= brothers or (archaic) brethren

1. One�s male sibling.
2. A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
3. A male fellow member of a religious community or church.
4. Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

Related terms
brotherhood
brotherly
friar
fraternity
half brother
sibling

Seri: aacaz (younger brother of a female)
Sindhi: SDchar|�اء� m
Slovene: t+|sl|brat|m
Spanish: t+|es|hermano|m
Tocharian A: tø|xto|pracar|xs=Tocharian A
Tocharian B: tø|txb|procer|xs=Tocharian B
Vietnamese: anh (elder), em trai (younger)
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Slovene: t+|sl|brat|m
Spanish: t+|es|hermano|m
Tocharian A: tø|xto|pracar|xs=Tocharian A
Tocharian B: tø|txb|procer|xs=Tocharian B
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trans-top|male fellow member of a religious community
Dutch: broeder m
Finnish: t+|fi|veli
Indonesian: bruder m
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Greek: t+|el|αδελ���|m|sc=Grek (adelfós)
Japanese: 修�士 (������, shūd�shi) / ���� (buraz�)
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trans-top|peer
Dutch: broeder m
Finnish: t+|fi|veli
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trans-top|translations to be checked
Arabic ARchar|اخ|أخ (�a�) m
ttbc|Armenian: Õ¥Õ²Õ¢Õ¡ÕµÖ� (eghbayr)
ttbc|Esperanto: frato
ttbc|Guaraní: kyvy (brother of a female) (1); yvýra (tyvýra/ryvy/ityvýra) (younger brother of a male) (1), yke'y (tyke'y/ryke'y/ityke'y) (elder brother of a male) (1)
ttbc|Hebrew: �� (akh) m (1,2,3,4)
ttbc|Hindi: भा� (bh�ī), भ�राता (bhr�t�)
ttbc|Hungarian: testvér (any sibling), báty (elder brother), öcs (younger brother)
ttbc|Interlingua: fratre (1,3)
ttbc|Irish: deartháir
ttbc|Korean: �� (hyeongje)
ttbc|Malay: saudara laki-laki (male sibling), kakak laki-laki/abang (elder brother), adik laki-laki (younger brother) (1), bruder (3)
ttbc|Marathi: भा� (bh�u)
ttbc|Mi'kmaq: nidap
ttbc|Norwegian: bror (1), lillebror (little brother) (1), storebror (big brother) (1), Broder (older form/formal), stebror (stepbrother) (2), halvbror (half-brother) (2)
ttbc|Occitan: fraire
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|برادر|ب�راد�ر (bær�dær)
ttbc|Portuguese: irmão m (1,3), frade
ttbc|Sanskrit: ब�ध� (bandhu)
ttbc|Swedish: bror (1,2), broder (older/more formal) (2,3)
ttbc|Telugu: t|te|స�దర�డ�|scTelu (soodaruddu), t|te|�న�న|scTelu (anna), t|te|�న�నయ�య|scTelu (annayya, elder brother); t|te|తమ�మ�డ�|scTelu (tammuddu, younger brother)
ttbc|Tupinambá: kybyra (brother of a female) (1); ybyra (t-, t-) (younger brother of a male), yke'yra (t-, t-) (elder brother of a male)
ttbc|Ukrainian: б�а�#Ukrainian|б�а� m
ttbc|Vietnamese: anh, em (younger) (1,2)
ttbc|Welsh: brawd m
ttbc|Xhosa: bhuti
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Usage notes

The plural "brethren" tends to be used more in broader senses than in familial ones.

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To treat as a brother.

#:* 1819, Seest thou not we are overreached, and that our proposed mode of communicating with our friends without has been disconcerted by this same motley gentleman thou art so fond to brother? � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Translations
trans-top|to treat as a brother
Finnish: t+|fi|veljeillä
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