half brother

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From Middle English half broþer, equivalent to half + brother. Cognate with Dutch halfbroer (“halfbrother”), German Halbbruder (“halfbrother”), Danish halvbroder (“halfbrother”), Swedish halvbroder, halvbror (“halfbrother”), Icelandic hálfbróðir (“halfbrother”).

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: hermanastru — male half-sibling
• Asturian: mediohermanu — male half-sibling
• Breton: hantervreur — male half-sibling
• Bulgarian: полубрат (polubrat) — male half-sibling
• Catalan: germanastre — male half-sibling
• Cebuano: hablos — male half-sibling
• Cornish: hanter-broder — male half-sibling
• Czech: nevlastní bratr — male half-sibling
• Dutch: halfbroer — male half-sibling
• Dutch: halfbroeder — male half-sibling
• Esperanto: duonfrato — male half-sibling
• Faroese: hálvbróðir — male half-sibling
• Faroese: hálvbeiggi — male half-sibling
• Finnish: velipuoli — male half-sibling
• French: demi-frère — male half-sibling
• Galician: medio irmán — male half-sibling
• Georgian: ნახევარძმა (naxevarʒma) — male half-sibling
• German: Halbbruder — male half-sibling
• Greek: ετεροθαλής αδελφός (eterothalís adelfós) — male half-sibling
• Hindi: सौतेला भाई (sautelā bhāī) — male half-sibling
• Hungarian: féltestvér — male half-sibling
• Icelandic: hálfbróðir — male half-sibling
• Irish: leathdheartháir — male half-sibling
• Irish: leasdeartháir — male half-sibling
• Italian: mezzo fratello — male half-sibling
• Italian: fratellastro — male half-sibling
• Korean: 의붓 형제 (uibut hyeongje) — male half-sibling
• Latin: semifrater — male half-sibling
• Latin: semigermanus — male half-sibling
• Latvian: pusbrālis — male half-sibling
• Macedonian: полубрат (polubrat) — male half-sibling
• Malay: abang tiri — male half-sibling
• Malay: adik tiri — male half-sibling
• Maltese: ħu tan-nofs — male half-sibling
• Manx: lieh-vraar — male half-sibling
• Norman: d'mié-fréthe — male half-sibling
• Norwegian Bokmål: halvbror — male half-sibling
• Norwegian Nynorsk: halvbror — male half-sibling
• Persian: برادر ناتنی (barâdar-e nâtani) — male half-sibling
• Polish: przyrodni brat — male half-sibling
• Portuguese: meio-irmão — male half-sibling
• Romanian: frate pe jumătate — male half-sibling
• Romanian: frate vitreg — male half-sibling
• Scottish Gaelic: leth-bhràthair — male half-sibling
• Serbo-Croatian: полу̀брат — male half-sibling
• Serbo-Croatian: polùbrat — male half-sibling
• Upper Sorbian: połbratr — male half-sibling
• Spanish: medio hermano — male half-sibling
• Spanish: hermanastro — male half-sibling
• Swedish: halvbror — male half-sibling
• Swedish: halvbroder — male half-sibling
• Taos: pòpóna — male half-sibling
• Taos: pʼǫ́yna — male half-sibling
• Telugu: సవతి సోదరుడు (savati sōdaruḍu) — male half-sibling
• Urdu: سوتیلا بھائی (soutela bhai) — male half-sibling
• Welsh: hanner brawd — male half-sibling
• Bulgarian: полубрат (polubrat) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Chinese Cantonese: 同母異父 /同母异父 (tung4 mou5 ji6 fu6) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Chinese: 同母異父 /同母异父 (tông-bó-ī-hū / tông-bú-ī-hū) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Chinese: 仝母各爸 (kāng-bó-koh-pēe) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Chinese Mandarin: 同母異父 /同母异父 (tóngmǔ yìfù) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Xiang Chinese: 共娘隔爺 /共娘隔爷 (gong4 nyian2 ge6 ia2) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Japanese: 胤違い (tanechigai) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Japanese: 胤変わり (tanegawari) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Japanese: 異父 (ifu) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Latin: frater uterinus — son of the same mother but a different father
• Latin: uterinus — son of the same mother but a different father
• Russian: единоутро́бный брат (jedinoutróbnyj brat) — son of the same mother but a different father
• Vietnamese: cùng mẹ khác cha — son of the same mother but a different father
• Vietnamese: cùng cha khác mẹ — son of the same mother but a different father
• Bulgarian: полубрат (polubrat) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese Cantonese: 同父異母 /同父异母 (tung4 fu6 ji6 mou5) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese Cantonese: 同父异母 (tung4 fu6 ji6 mou5) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese: 同父異母 /同父异母 — son of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese: 同父异母 (tông-hū-ī-bió) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese: 仝爸各母 (zh-min-nan) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 同父異母 /同父异母 (tóngfù yìmǔ) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 同父异母 (tóngfù yìmǔ) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Xiang Chinese: 共爺隔娘 /共爷隔娘 (gong4 ia2 ge6 nyian2) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Xiang Chinese: 共爷隔娘 (gong4 ia2 ge6 nyian2) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Japanese: 腹違い (harachigai) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Japanese: 畑違い (hatakechigai) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Japanese: 異腹 — son of the same father but a different mother
• Japanese: 異母 (ibo) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Latin: frater consanguineus — son of the same father but a different mother
• Latin: frater agnatus — son of the same father but a different mother
• Latin: agnatus — son of the same father but a different mother
• Russian: единокро́вный брат (jedinokróvnyj brat) — son of the same father but a different mother
• Vietnamese: cùng cha khác mẹ — son of the same father but a different mother