brome

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From the genus name, New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos) French bromebor. English brome From French brome, coined from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”). Doublet of bromus.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: modhë — grass of Bromus
• Belarusian: каласоўнік (kalasównik) — grass of Bromus
• Belarusian: касцёр (kascjór) — grass of Bromus
• Bulgarian: овсига (ovsiga) — grass of Bromus
• Czech: sveřep — grass of Bromus
• Danish: hejre — grass of Bromus
• Dutch: dravik — grass of Bromus
• Finnish: kattara — grass of Bromus
• French: brome — grass of Bromus
• German: Trespe — grass of Bromus
• Greek: βρόμος (vrómos) — grass of Bromus
• Hungarian: rozsnok — grass of Bromus
• Italian: forasacco — grass of Bromus
• Kazakh: арпабас (arpabas) — grass of Bromus
• Central Kurdish: ئەسپەک (espek) — grass of Bromus
• Lithuanian: dirsė — grass of Bromus
• Norwegian: faks — grass of Bromus
• Polish: stokłosa — grass of Bromus
• Romanian: obsigă — grass of Bromus
• Russian: костёр (kostjór) — grass of Bromus
• Serbo-Croatian: ovsik — grass of Bromus
• Serbo-Croatian: stoklasa — grass of Bromus
• Lower Sorbian: kóstrjawa — grass of Bromus
• Upper Sorbian: kostrjawa — grass of Bromus
• Spanish: bromo — grass of Bromus
• Swedish: losta — grass of Bromus
• Ukrainian: стоколос (stokolos) — grass of Bromus
• Welsh: pawrwellt — grass of Bromus