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brome

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See also: bromé and Brome

English

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Etymology

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From New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, oat, wild oat).

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Noun

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brome (countable and uncountable, plural bromes)

  1. Any grass of the genus Bromus.
  2. (obsolete) bromine

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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, stink).

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Noun

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brome m (uncountable)

  1. bromine
  2. brome (plant)

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Descendants

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  • Danish: brom
  • Dutch: broom
  • English: bromine
  • German: Brom
  • Italian: bromo
  • Lingala: bomo
  • Luxembourgish: Brom
  • Ottoman Turkish: بروم (brom)
  • Persian: برم (borom)
  • Romanian: brom
  • Russian: бром (brom)
  • Slovak: bróm
  • Spanish: bromo
  • Vietnamese: brom

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Latin

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Noun

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brome

  1. vocative singular of bromos

Middle English

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Noun

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brome

  1. Alternative form of brom