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An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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A brother by blood: a brother-german or half-brother, as distinguished from step-brothers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a male sworn (usually by a ceremony involving the mingling of blood) to treat another as his brother
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: ally, friend
a male with the same parents as someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- my brother still lives with our parents
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brother
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: male sibling
Narrower terms: big brother, little brother, stepbrother, half-brother, half brother
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Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
bloedbroer
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Belarusian:
пабраці́м
(pabracím)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Bulgarian:
побра́тим
(pobrátim)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Chinese Cantonese:
盟兄弟
(mang4 hing1 dai6)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Chinese Mandarin:
把兄弟
(bǎxiōngdì)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Chinese Mandarin:
盟兄弟
(méngxiōngdì)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Dutch:
bloedbroeder
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Finnish:
veriveli
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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French:
frère de sang
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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German:
Blutsbruder
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Greek:
αδελφοποιτός
(adelfopoitós)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Japanese:
義兄弟
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Macedonian:
по́братим
(póbratim)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Portuguese:
irmão de sangue
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Romanian:
fârtat
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Romanian:
frate de sânge
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Russian:
побрати́м
(pobratím)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Russian:
на́званый брат
(názvanyj brat)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Serbo-Croatian:
побратим
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Serbo-Croatian:
pobratim
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Turkish:
kan kardeşi
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Ukrainian:
побрати́м
(pobratým)
— unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood
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Chinese Mandarin:
把兄弟
(bǎxiōngdì)
— unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship
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Chinese Mandarin:
盟兄弟
(méngxiōngdì)
— unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship
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Finnish:
veriveli
— unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship
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Portuguese:
irmão de sangue
— unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship
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Portuguese:
irmão
— unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship
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Turkish:
kan kardeşi
— unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship
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Turkish:
kanka
— unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship
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Finnish:
täysveli
— full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother
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Finnish:
velipuoli
— full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother
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Latin:
germanus
— full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother
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Portuguese:
irmão bilateral
— full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother
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Portuguese:
irmão germano
— full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother
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Portuguese:
meio-irmão
— full brother or half-brother — see also brother-german, half brother
