"bro" meaning in Swedish

See bro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bruː/ Audio: Sv-bro.ogg
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Old East Norse brō, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruH- (“beam; bridge”), which may be the same root as *h₃bʰrúHs (“(eye)brow”), whence bryn. Compare Norwegian Bokmål bro, Icelandic brú (“bridge”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non-oen|brō}} Old East Norse brō, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*brōwō||bridge; brow}} Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), {{der|sv|ine-pro||*bʰruH-|beam; bridge}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰruH- (“beam; bridge”), {{cog|nb|bro}} Norwegian Bokmål bro, {{cog|is|brú||bridge}} Icelandic brú (“bridge”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} bro c, {{sv-noun|c}} bro c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-r|3=broa}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bro [indefinite, nominative, singular], bros [genitive, indefinite, singular], bron [definite, nominative, singular], brons [definite, genitive, singular], broar [indefinite, nominative, plural], broars [genitive, indefinite, plural], broarna [definite, nominative, plural], broarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a bridge (construction that spans a divide) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-bro-sv-noun-sv:bridge
  2. a road bank (road reinforced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-bro-sv-noun-~dMq~brm
  3. a quay Tags: common-gender Synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro
    Sense id: en-bro-sv-noun-65sBhkGx
  4. (northern Sweden) a set of steps leading up to the front door of a house (sometimes with a porch or a deck, and sometimes with just a single step, as in just a deck or the like), a stoop Tags: Northern, Sweden, common-gender Synonyms: farstubro
    Sense id: en-bro-sv-noun-sv:doorsteps Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 9 18 8 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bilbro, broa, broavgift, brobana, brobyggare, brobygge, brobyggnad, brobänk, brofäste, broförbindelse, brohuvud, broklaff, brokonstruktion, broning, bropelare, broräcke, broslagning, brospann, brovakt, brovalv, broöppning, cykelbro, förstubro, gångbro, hängbro, klaffbro, Skeppsbron, stenbro, träbro, Ölandsbron, Öresundsbron

Inflected forms

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      "links": [
        [
          "steps",
          "steps"
        ],
        [
          "porch",
          "porch"
        ],
        [
          "deck",
          "deck"
        ],
        [
          "stoop",
          "stoop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(northern Sweden) a set of steps leading up to the front door of a house (sometimes with a porch or a deck, and sometimes with just a single step, as in just a deck or the like), a stoop"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sv:doorsteps"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "farstubro"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Sweden",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bruː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-bro.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/Sv-bro.ogg/Sv-bro.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Sv-bro.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bro"
}

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