different between homie vs bro

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??mi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ho?mi/
• Rhymes: -??mi

Etymology 1

Earliest known reference is in the 1946 tune by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, "The House of Blue Lights," when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to home +? -ie.

Alternative forms

• homey, homee

Noun

homie (plural homies)

1. (African-American Vernacular) Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
2. (African-American Vernacular) A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.

   Hey there, Francis, my homie!

   Yo, homie!

3. (African-American Vernacular) An inner-city youth.
4. (African-American Vernacular) A boyfriend or partner of a closeted man, used along with "Lil," to mean a bottom and "Big," to mean a top.

Synonyms

• (friend): homeboy, nigga (African American Vernacular English)
• (friend): See Thesaurus:friend

Translations

Etymology 2

Variant spelling of Polari (early-to-mid 20th-century British English cant/slang popular among gay men) omi (“man, bloke”).

Noun

homie (plural homies)

1. (Polari) Alternative spelling of omi (“man”)

Synonyms

• (man): See Thesaurus:man

English

Alternative forms

• bra, brah, breh, bruh

Etymology

Clipping of brother.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /b?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b???/
• Rhymes: -??
• Hyphenation: bro

Noun

bro (plural bros)

1. (slang) brother (a male sibling)
2. (slang) brother (a male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals)
3. (slang) brother (usually used to address a male)
4. (slang) fratboy (or someone that espouses the fraternity bro culture)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• bruv (an abbreviated form of bruvver)
• brotha
• broseph

Anagrams

• BOR, Bor, Bor., ORB, ROB, Rob, bor, orb, rob

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bro?, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis.

Noun

bro f (plural broioù)

1. country (-side)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish bro, from Old East Norse br?, from Proto-Germanic *br?w? (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ruh- (“beam, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bro?/, [b??o??]

Noun

bro c (singular definite broen, plural indefinite broer)

1. bridge

Inflection

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål: bro

References

• “bro” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “bro” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bro m (plural bros)

1. thorn

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (b?hat, “lofty, high, tall”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ér??onts. Cognate with Persian ????? (boland), English borough.

Noun

bro

1. mountain top, peak
2. succession of peaks which make up a ridge

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bro m (plural bros)

1. (Jersey) pitcher

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bru

Etymology

From Danish bro, from Old Danish bro, from Old East Norse br?, from Proto-Germanic *br?w? (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ruh- (“beam; bridge”).

Noun

bro f or m (definite singular broa or broen, indefinite plural broer, definite plural broene)

1. bridge

Derived terms

References

• “bro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English blow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bro/

Verb

bro

1. To blow, to produce air currents.
2. To breathe.

Noun

bro

1. breath

Swedish

Etymology

From Old East Norse br?, from Proto-Germanic *br?w? (“bridge; brow”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ruh- (“beam, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bru?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Noun

bro c

1. bridge (a construction that spans a divide)

2. road bank (a road reenforced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands)
3. quay

   Synonyms: brygga, skeppsbro

4. porch

   Synonym: förstubro

Declension

Related terms

References

• bro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• bor

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bro, from Proto-Brythonic *bro?, from Proto-Celtic *mrogis. Cognate with Old Irish mruig.

Noun

bro f (plural bröydd or brofydd)

1. region, country, land, neighbourhood, native haunt
2. border, limit, boundary, march
3. vale, lowland, champaign

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies