noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:brō'mēn
UK:-mĭn
UK:-mīn
UK:/ˈbɹəʊmiːn
UK:-mɪn
UK:-maɪn/
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US:brō'mēn
US:/ˈbɹoʊmin/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A bromine atom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Br, atomic number 35
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element, halogen
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos) French bromebor. English brome Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English bromine From obsolete English brome + -ine, this word being from French brome, from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
broom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Albanian:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Arabic:
بُرُوم
(burūm)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Arabic:
بُرُومِين
(burūmīn)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Armenian:
բրոմ
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Asturian:
bromu
— nonmetallic chemical element
Basque:
bromoa
— nonmetallic chemical element
Belarusian:
бром
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Breton:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Bulgarian:
бром
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Catalan:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Chinese Mandarin:
溴
(xiù)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Cornish:
bromin
— nonmetallic chemical element
Czech:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Danish:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Dutch:
broom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Esperanto:
bromo
— nonmetallic chemical element
Estonian:
broom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Faroese:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Finnish:
bromi
— nonmetallic chemical element
French:
brome
— nonmetallic chemical element
West-Frisian:
broom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Friulian:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Galician:
bromo
— nonmetallic chemical element
Georgian:
ბრომი
(bromi)
— nonmetallic chemical element
German:
Brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Greek:
βρόμιο
(vrómio)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Hebrew:
ברום
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Hindi:
दुराघ्री
(durāghrī)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Hungarian:
bróm
— nonmetallic chemical element
Icelandic:
bróm
— nonmetallic chemical element
Interlingua:
bromo
— nonmetallic chemical element
Irish:
bróimín
— nonmetallic chemical element
Italian:
bromo
— nonmetallic chemical element
Japanese:
臭素
(shūso)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Kashubian:
bróm
— nonmetallic chemical element
Kazakh:
бром
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Khmer:
ប្រូម
(proum)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Korean:
취소
(chwiso)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Korean:
브롬
(beurom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Korean:
브로민
(beuromin)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Latin:
brōmium
— nonmetallic chemical element
Latvian:
broms
— nonmetallic chemical element
Limburgish:
bróm
— nonmetallic chemical element
Lingala:
bomo class 9a/10a
— nonmetallic chemical element
Lithuanian:
bromas
— nonmetallic chemical element
Luxembourgish:
Brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Macedonian:
бром
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Malay:
bromin
— nonmetallic chemical element
Maltese:
bromu
— nonmetallic chemical element
Manx:
bromeen
— nonmetallic chemical element
Māori:
pūkane
— nonmetallic chemical element
Marathi:
बोमीन
(bomīn)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Mongolian:
бром
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Norwegian:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Occitan:
bròme
— nonmetallic chemical element
Persian:
برم
(borom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Polish:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Portuguese:
bromo
— nonmetallic chemical element
Romanian:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Russian:
бром
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Scottish Gaelic:
bròimin
— nonmetallic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
бро̏м
— nonmetallic chemical element
Serbo-Croatian:
brȍm
— nonmetallic chemical element
Sindhi:
ڳاڙهرو
(g̠āṛhro)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Slovak:
bróm
— nonmetallic chemical element
Slovene:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Spanish:
bromo
— nonmetallic chemical element
Swedish:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Tagalog:
bromo
— nonmetallic chemical element
Tajik:
бром
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Tamil:
நெடியம்
(neṭiyam)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Thai:
โบรมีน
(broo-miin)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Turkish:
brom
— nonmetallic chemical element
Ukrainian:
бром
(brom)
— nonmetallic chemical element
Urdu:
دراگھری
(durāghrī)
— nonmetallic chemical element
