Phrase guide

younger brother

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: little brother, baby brother, kid brother

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abinomn: ai — single-word translations
  • Abinomn: airom du — single-word translations
  • Abinomn: akon — single-word translations
  • Ahtna: -cele — single-word translations
  • Southern Altai: ини (ini) — single-word translations
  • Assamese: ভাই (bhai) — single-word translations
  • Assamese: ভাইটি (bhaiti) — single-word translations
  • Bashkir: ҡусты (qustı) — single-word translations
  • Bashkir: эне (ene) — single-word translations
  • Bashkir: мырҙа (mırźa) — single-word translations
  • Burmese: ညီ (nyi) — single-word translations
  • Burmese: မောင် (maung) — single-word translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 細佬 /细佬 (sai3 lou2) — single-word translations
  • Chinese: щүнди (xündi) — single-word translations
  • Chinese: 小弟 (zh-min-nan) — single-word translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弟弟 (dìdi) — single-word translations
  • Wu Chinese: 弟弟 — single-word translations
  • Wu Chinese: 阿弟 (7aq-di6) — single-word translations
  • Esperanto: frateto — single-word translations
  • Gabadi: kadi — single-word translations
  • Greenlandic: aqqaluk — single-word translations
  • Greenlandic: aqqaluaq — single-word translations
  • Hindi: अनुज (anuj) — single-word translations
  • Hungarian: öcs — single-word translations
  • Hupa: whikil — single-word translations
  • Japanese: 弟 (otōto) — single-word translations
  • Kapampangan: wali — single-word translations
  • Kapampangan: bunsu — single-word translations
  • Kapampangan: tung — single-word translations
  • Konkani: ತಮ್ಮ (tamma) — single-word translations
  • Korean: 아우 (au) — single-word translations
  • Korean: 동생 (dongsaeng) — single-word translations
  • Kumyk: ини (ini) — single-word translations
  • Northern Kurdish: birang — single-word translations
  • Latin: fraterculus — single-word translations
  • Lower Tanana: -chela — single-word translations
  • Malayalam: അനുജൻ (anujaṉ) — single-word translations
  • Malayalam: അനിയൻ (aniyaṉ) — single-word translations
  • Mongolian: дүү (düü) — single-word translations
  • Navajo: atsilí — single-word translations
  • Nivkh: асӄ (asq) — single-word translations
  • Nivkh: атик (ațik) — single-word translations
  • Old Tupi: ybyra — single-word translations
  • Old Tupi: kybyra — single-word translations
  • Polish: młodszy brat — single-word translations
  • Portuguese: caçula — single-word translations
  • Salar: ini — single-word translations
  • Sanskrit: अनुज (anuja) — single-word translations
  • Tamil: தம்பி (tampi) — single-word translations
  • Tanacross: shchêl — single-word translations
  • Thai: น้อง (nɔ́ɔng) — single-word translations
  • Tibetan: འོག་མ ('og ma) — single-word translations
  • Tibetan: ནུ་བོ (nu bo) — single-word translations
  • Tibetan: ཨོ་ལགས — single-word translations
  • Turkmen: ini — single-word translations
  • Uyghur: ئۇكا (uka) — single-word translations
  • Uyghur: ئىنى (ini) — single-word translations
  • Uzbek: uka — single-word translations
  • Vietnamese: em — single-word translations
  • Woiwurrung: thithith — single-word translations
  • Arabic: أَخ الْأَصْغَر (ʔaḵ al-ʔaṣḡar) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Arabic: أَخ الصَّغِير (ʔaḵ aṣ-ṣaḡīr) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Eastern Arrernte: atyeye — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Azerbaijani: kiçik qardaş — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Catalan: germà petit — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Finnish: pikkuveli — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Finnish: nuorempi veli — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • French: frère cadet — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • German: jüngerer Bruder — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Greek: μικρός αδερφός (mikrós aderfós) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Gujarati: નાનો ભાઇ (nāno bhāi) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Hindi: छोटा भाई (choṭā bhāī) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Indonesian: adik laki-laki — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Italian: fratellino — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Khmer: ប្អូនប្រុស (pʼoun proh) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Korean: 남동생 (namdongsaeng) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Kumyk: гиччи эр къардаш (giççi er qardaş) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Lao: ນ້ອງຊາຍ (nǭng sāi) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Macedonian: помал брат (pomal brat) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Macedonian: помлад брат (pomlad brat) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Malay: adik lelaki — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Marathi: लहान भाऊ (lahān bhāū) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Polish: młodszy brat — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Portuguese: irmão mais novo — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Romani: terneder phral — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Russian: мла́дший брат (mládšij brat) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Spanish: hermano menor — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Swedish: lillebror — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Tamil: இளைய சகோதரன் (iḷaiya cakōtaraṉ) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Thai: น้องชาย (nɔ́ɔng-chaai) — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
  • Vietnamese: em trai — multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations