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* As an English surname, from the noun brow. * As a French surname, variant of Brault and also Breaux. Compare Bro, Broe. * As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Brouw, either from the verb brouwen (“to brew”) or a variant of op den Brouw, a toponym of uncertain origin (possibly itself related to brouwen).

From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h3bhrúHs (“brow”). Cognate with Scots broo (“brow”), Dutch brauw (“brow”), German Braue (“eyebrow”), Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bryn (“brow”), Faroese, Icelandic brún (“brow”). See also Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvi̇̀s, Serbo-Croatian obrva (“eyebrow”), Russian бровь (brovʹ, “brow”), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “eyebrow”), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū, “eyebrow”)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú, “eyebrow”).

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Spanish: sobrecejo — the bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located
• Spanish: sobreceja — the bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located
• French: andouiller d'œil — first tine of an antler's beam
• French: maître andouiller — first tine of an antler's beam
• French: andouiller de massacre — first tine of an antler's beam
• Bulgarian: надвиснала скала (nadvisnala skala) — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Finnish: reuna — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Finnish: kieleke — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Hawaiian: mūkaʻe — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Irish: mala — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Italian: ciglio — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Italian: orlo — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Italian: cima — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Latin: supercilium — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Māori: taumata — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Māori: kāniuniu — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Plautdietsch: Launtrigjen — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Portuguese: pico — the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
• Bulgarian: сходня (shodnja) — the gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay
• Finnish: laskusilta — the gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay
• Italian: passerella da sbarco — the gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay
• Russian: трап (trap) — the gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay
• Finnish: ramppi — the hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp
• Italian: passerella da sbarco — the hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp