"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”), {{m|ine-pro|*h₃bʰrúHs||(eye)brow}} *h₃bʰrúHs (“(eye)brow”), {{m|sv|bryn}} bryn, {{cog|nb|bro}} Norwegian Bokmål bro, {{cog|is|brú||bridge}} Icelandic brú (“bridge”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|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], bron [definite, nominative, singular], broar [indefinite, nominative, plural], broarna [definite, nominative, plural], bros [genitive, indefinite, singular], brons [definite, genitive, singular], broars [genitive, indefinite, plural], broarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. bridge (a construction that spans a divide) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-bro-sv-noun-o1VsNFbv
  2. road bank (a road reenforced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands) Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-bro-sv-noun-H97pGXu- Disambiguation of Heraldic charges: 13 46 33 8 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 15 67 11 7 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 59 21 9
  3. quay Tags: common-gender Synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro
    Sense id: en-bro-sv-noun-M4iOMGJi
  4. porch Tags: common-gender Synonyms: förstubro
    Sense id: en-bro-sv-noun-aYEx-hC4
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, Skeppsbron, stenbro, träbro, Ölandsbron, Öresundsbron

Inflected forms

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