brom

brom m

1. bromine (nonmetallic chemical element)

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾom/

From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

brom m (uncountable)

1. bromine

• bromur

From broma (“mist, cloud”) by backformation.

brom (feminine broma, masculine plural broms, feminine plural bromes)

1. cloudy

   Synonym: núvol

• “brom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “brom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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.

• bróm

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrom]
• Hyphenation: brom
• Rhymes: -om

brom m inan

1. bromine

• brom in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• brom in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From French brome.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʁoˀm]

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

1. bromine

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

• Rhymes: -ɔm

brom

1. first-person singular present indicative of brommen
2. imperative of brommen

• brome, broom, broome
• brume (Northern)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbroːm/

brom (plural bromes)

1. Broom (shrub of the family Fabaceae)
2. A broom (device for sweeping)

   Synonym: besme

• English: broom
• Scots: brume, bruim

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

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

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. metal scrap

   Dette er noe gammelt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

   Synonym: (rare) skrap

• selge som brom

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

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

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

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

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. (rare) metal scrap

   Dette er noko gammalt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

   Synonym: skrap

• selje som brom

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

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

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

From Proto-West Germanic *brām.

• IPA^(key): /broːm/

brōm m (nominative plural brōmas)

1. broom (the plant)

• Middle English: brom, brome, broom, broome; brume
  • English: broom
  • Scots: brume, bruim

• IPA^(key): /brɔm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: brom

brom m inan

1. bromine

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

brom m

1. dative plural of ber

   Synonym: berom

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

Borrowed from French brome.

• IPA^(key): /brom/

brom n (uncountable)

1. bromine

• brom in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

From French brome.

• IPA^(key): /brôm/

brȍm m (Cyrillic spelling бро̏м)

1. bromine

• IPA^(key): /bróːm/, /brɔ́m/

brọ̑m or brȍm m inan

1. bromine

• “brom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

From French brome.

brom n (uncountable)

1. bromine

• romb

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾom/, /b(u)ˈɾom/

brom (definite accusative bromu, uncountable)

1. bromine

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

From French brome, from Latin brōmus.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧] ~ [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ zom˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˦˩ ɹom˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧]
• Phonetic: brôm, bờ Rôm

brom

1. bromine