broder

See also: Broder, bróder, bröder, and brøder

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun

broder m (plural breder)

1. brother

Derived terms

• brederedh

Mutation

Mutation of broder

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
broder	vroder	unchanged	proder	froder	vroder

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ʁoːðɐ]

Noun

broder c (singular definite broderen, plural indefinite brødre)

1. (now formal) brother (male sibling)

Inflection

Declension of broder

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	broder	broderen	brødre	brødrene
genitive	broders	broderens	brødres	brødrenes

Alternative forms

• bror

Derived terms

• blodbroder c
• blodsbroder c
• broderdatter c
• broderfolk n
• broderhånd c
• broderland n
• broderlig
• brodernation c
• broderorganisation c
• broderparti n
• broderpart c
• broderpar n
• broderskab n (“brotherhood; fraternity”)
• brodersøn c
• brødremenighed c
• brødrepar n
• farbroder c
• forbrødre
• fostbroder c
• gråbroder c
• halvbroder c
• helbroder c
• lillebroder c
• lægbroder c
• morbroder c
• navnebroder c
• skydebroder c
• slagsbroder c
• soldebroder c
• sortebroder c
• staldbroder c
• stedbroder c
• storebroder c
• svirebroder c
• tvillingbroder c
• våbenbroder c

See also

• fader
• moder
• søster

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French brosder, from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ.de/

• Audio:

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Verb

broder

1. to embroider

Conjugation

Conjugation of broder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	broder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	brodant /bʁɔ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		brodé /bʁɔ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	brode /bʁɔd/	brodes /bʁɔd/	brode /bʁɔd/	brodons /bʁɔ.dɔ̃/	brodez /bʁɔ.de/	brodent /bʁɔd/
	imperfect	brodais /bʁɔ.dɛ/	brodais /bʁɔ.dɛ/	brodait /bʁɔ.dɛ/	brodions /bʁɔ.djɔ̃/	brodiez /bʁɔ.dje/	brodaient /bʁɔ.dɛ/
	past historic2	brodai /bʁɔ.de/	brodas /bʁɔ.da/	broda /bʁɔ.da/	brodâmes /bʁɔ.dam/	brodâtes /bʁɔ.dat/	brodèrent /bʁɔ.dɛʁ/
	future	broderai /bʁɔ.dʁe/	broderas /bʁɔ.dʁa/	brodera /bʁɔ.dʁa/	broderons /bʁɔ.dʁɔ̃/	broderez /bʁɔ.dʁe/	broderont /bʁɔ.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	broderais /bʁɔ.dʁɛ/	broderais /bʁɔ.dʁɛ/	broderait /bʁɔ.dʁɛ/	broderions /bʁɔ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	broderiez /bʁɔ.də.ʁje/	broderaient /bʁɔ.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	brode /bʁɔd/	brodes /bʁɔd/	brode /bʁɔd/	brodions /bʁɔ.djɔ̃/	brodiez /bʁɔ.dje/	brodent /bʁɔd/
	imperfect2	brodasse /bʁɔ.das/	brodasses /bʁɔ.das/	brodât /bʁɔ.da/	brodassions /bʁɔ.da.sjɔ̃/	brodassiez /bʁɔ.da.sje/	brodassent /bʁɔ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	brode /bʁɔd/	—	brodons /bʁɔ.dɔ̃/	brodez /bʁɔ.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• broderie
• brodeur
• brodeuse

Further reading

• “broder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• border, rebord

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English brōþor.

Noun

broder (plural [Term?])

1. Alternative form of brother
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book Two Capitulum ix

     Anone after cam the knyght with the two swerdes and balan his broder / and brought with hem kynge Ryons of Northwalys and there delyuerd hym to the porters and charged hem with hym / & soo they two retorned ageyne in the daunyng of the day

     Anon after came the knight with the two swords and Balan his brother / and brought with them King Ryons of North Wales and there delivered him to the porters and charged them with him / and so the two of them returned again in the dawning of the day.

Norman

Alternative forms

• broudaïr (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French brosder, from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn).

Verb

broder (gerund brod'die)

1. (Jersey) to embroider

Related terms

• brod'die (“embroidery”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Alternative forms

• bror

Noun

broder m (definite singular broderen, indefinite plural brødre, definite plural brødrene)

1. a brother

Derived terms

• brodermord

Etymology 2

Verb

broder

1. imperative of brodere

References

• “broder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bror

Etymology

From Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun

broder m (definite singular broderen, indefinite plural brødrar, definite plural brødrane)

1. a brother

Derived terms

• brodermord n

References

• “broder” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• brosder, brouder

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn).

Verb

broder

1. to embroider

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of broder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		broder			avoir brodé
gerund		en brodant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		brodant
past participle		brodé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	brot	brodes	brode	brodons	brodez	brodent
	imperfect	brodoie, brodeie, brodoe, brodeve	brodoies, brodeies, brodoes, brodeves	brodoit, brodeit, brodot, brodeve	brodiiens, brodiens	brodiiez, brodiez	brodoient, brodeient, brodoent, brodevent
	preterite	brodai	brodas	broda	brodames	brodastes	broderent
	future	broderai	broderas	brodera	broderons	broderoiz, brodereiz, broderez	broderont
	conditional	broderoie, brodereie	broderoies, brodereies	broderoit, brodereit	broderiiens, broderiens	broderiiez, broderiez	broderoient, brodereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	brot	broz	brot	brodons	brodez	brodent
	imperfect	brodasse	brodasses	brodast	brodissons, brodissiens	brodissoiz, brodissez, brodissiez	brodassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	brode	—	brodons	brodez	—

Scots

Noun

broder

1. Alternative form of brither

References

• “broder, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 204, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• bror

Etymology

From Old Swedish brōþir, from Old Norse bróðir, from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bruːdɛr/, [ˈbruːˌdər]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uːdɛr

Noun

broder c

1. a brother (this is the original form more commonly contracted to bror)
   • 1972, “Omkring tiggarn [tiggaren] från Luossa [Around the beggar from Luossa]”, in Dan Andersson (lyrics), Gunde Johansson (music), Våra vackraste visor Vol. 2 [Our most beautiful songs Vol. 2]‎^[1], performed by Hootenanny Singers:

     Följ mig, broder, bortom bergen med de stilla, svala floder, där allt havet somnar långsamt inom bergomkransad bädd. Någonstädes bortom himlen är mitt hem, har jag min moder, mitt i guldomstänkta dimmor i en rosenmantel klädd.

     Follow me, brother, beyond the mountains with the calm, cool rivers, where all the sea slowly goes to sleep within a mountain-enwreathed bed. Somewhere beyond the sky is my home, I have my mother, midst mists sprinkled about with gold [gold-about/around-sprinkled/splashed], in a rose mantle clad.

2. (colloquial) bro, friend (often used as a friendly or familiar form of address)
3. a brother, a friar, a monk, a male member of a religious community

   Troligen har det bott 15 till 25 bröder samtidigt i klostret.

   The monastery probably housed 15 to 25 brethren.

Declension

Declension of broder

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	broder	broders
	definite	brodern	broderns
plural	indefinite	bröder	bröders
	definite	bröderna	brödernas

Synonyms

• bror
• brorsa

Related terms

• broderfolk
• broderlig
• brodermoder
• broderparti
• broderskap
• broderskapare
• broderskärlek
• farbroder
• lillebroder
• morbroder
• storebroder
• styvbroder

References

• broder in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• broder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• broder in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)