blood brother

blood brother

English

Noun

blood brother (plural blood brothers)

1. An unrelated male considered to share a brother-like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.
2. (by extension) An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally.
3. A brother by blood: a brother-german or half-brother, as distinguished from step-brothers.

Translations

unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood

Belarusian: пабраці́м m (pabracím) Bulgarian: побратим (bg) m (pobratim) Chinese: Mandarin: 把兄弟 (zh) (bǎxiōngdì), 盟兄弟 (zh) (méngxiōngdì) Finnish: veriveli French: frère de sang (fr) m German: Blutsbruder m Greek: αδελφοποιτός (el) m (adelfopoitós) Japanese: 義兄弟 (ja) (ぎきょうだい, gikyōdai, ぎけいてい, gikeitei)

Macedonian: побратим m (pobratim) Portuguese: irmão de sangue m Romanian: fârtat (ro) m Russian: побрати́м (ru) m (pobratím), на́званый брат m (názvanyj brat) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: побратим m Roman: pobratim (sh) m Ukrainian: побрати́м (uk) m (pobratým)

unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship

Chinese: Mandarin: 把兄弟 (zh) (bǎxiōngdì), 盟兄弟 (zh) (méngxiōngdì)

Finnish: veriveli Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

full brother or half-brother — See also translations at brother-german,‎ half brother

Finnish: täysveli (full brother), velipuoli (fi) (half brother)