brotherly

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• UK: /ˈbɹʌð.ə.li/
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• US: /ˈbɹʌð.ɚ.li/
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From Middle English brotherly, from Old English brōþorlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþerlīk, from Proto-Germanic *brōþērlīkaz, equivalent to brother + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch broederlijk (“brotherly”), German brüderlich (“brotherly”), Swedish broderlig (“brotherly”). Piecewise doublet of friarly.

From Middle English brotherly, equivalent to brother + -ly (adverbial suffix).

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَخَوِيّ (ʔaḵawiyy) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Armenian: եղբայրական (eġbayrakan) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Aromanian: frãtsescu — of or characteristic of brothers
• Azerbaijani: qardaşcasına — of or characteristic of brothers
• Belarusian: братэ́рскі (bratérski) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Belarusian: бра́цкі (brácki) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Bulgarian: бра́тски (brátski) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Czech: bratrský — of or characteristic of brothers
• Danish: broderlig — of or characteristic of brothers
• Dutch: broederlijk — of or characteristic of brothers
• Finnish: veljellinen — of or characteristic of brothers
• French: fraternel — of or characteristic of brothers
• Georgian: ძმური (ʒmuri) — of or characteristic of brothers
• German: brüderlich — of or characteristic of brothers
• German: geschwisterlich — of or characteristic of brothers
• Greek: αδελφικός (adelfikós) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Ancient Greek: ἀδελφικός (adelphikós) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Ido: fratala — of or characteristic of brothers
• Ido: fratatra — of or characteristic of brothers
• Irish: bráithriúil — of or characteristic of brothers
• Old Irish: bráithremail — of or characteristic of brothers
• Latin: frāternus — of or characteristic of brothers
• Macedonian: братски (bratski) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Malayalam: സാഹോദര്യ (sāhōdarya) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Manx: braaroil — of or characteristic of brothers
• Middle English: brotherly — of or characteristic of brothers
• Norwegian Bokmål: broderlig — of or characteristic of brothers
• Old English: brōþorlīċ — of or characteristic of brothers
• Polish: braterski — of or characteristic of brothers
• Portuguese: fraterno — of or characteristic of brothers
• Portuguese: fraternal — of or characteristic of brothers
• Romanian: frățesc — of or characteristic of brothers
• Romanian: fratern — of or characteristic of brothers
• Russian: бра́тский (brátskij) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Scottish Gaelic: bràithreil — of or characteristic of brothers
• Serbo-Croatian: бра̀тскӣ — of or characteristic of brothers
• Serbo-Croatian: bràtskī — of or characteristic of brothers
• Slovak: bratský — of or characteristic of brothers
• Slovene: bratski — of or characteristic of brothers
• Spanish: fraternal — of or characteristic of brothers
• Spanish: fraterno — of or characteristic of brothers
• Swedish: broderlig — of or characteristic of brothers
• Turkish: kardeşçe — of or characteristic of brothers
• Ukrainian: брате́рський (bratérsʹkyj) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Ukrainian: бра́тський (brátsʹkyj) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Ukrainian: бра́тній (brátnij) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Uyghur: قېرىنداشلارچە (qërindashlarche) — of or characteristic of brothers
• Uzbek: qardoshlarcha — of or characteristic of brothers
• Volapük: blodik — of or characteristic of brothers
• Volapük: gemik — of or characteristic of brothers
• Volapük: higemik — of or characteristic of brothers