brome
See also: bromé
English
Etymology
New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹəʊm/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊm
Noun
brome (countable and uncountable, plural bromes)
- Any grass of the genus Bromus.
- (chemistry, obsolete) bromine
Synonyms
- bromegrass
Derived terms
- ripgut brome
- smooth brome
Translations
grass of Bromus
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See also
- cheat grass, cheatgrass
Anagrams
- B-more, Bomer, omber, ombre
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁom/
Audio (file)
Noun
brome m (uncountable)
- bromine
- brome (plant)
Derived terms
- bromate
- bromique
- bromure
Descendants
- → Danish: brom
- → Dutch: broom
- → English: bromine
- → Malay: bromin
- → German: Brom
- → Estonian: broom
- → Italian: bromo
- Lingala: bomo
- → Luxembourgish: Brom
- → Ottoman Turkish: بروم (brom)
- Turkish: brom
- → Persian: برم (brom)
- → Romanian: brom
- → Russian: бром (brom)
- → Kazakh: бром (brom)
- → Slovak: bróm
- → Spanish: bromo
- → Vietnamese: brom
Further reading
- “brome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ombre, ombré
Latin
Noun
brome
- vocative singular of bromos
Middle English
Noun
brome
- Alternative form of brom