brom

See also: Brom, bróm, and brom-

Albanian

Noun

brom m

1. bromine (nonmetallic chemical element)

Catalan

Chemical element
Br
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾom]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

Noun

brom m (uncountable)

1. bromine

Derived terms

• bromur

Etymology 2

From broma (“mist, cloud”) by back-formation.

Adjective

brom (feminine broma, masculine plural broms, feminine plural bromes)

1. cloudy

   Synonym: núvol

Further reading

• “brom”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “brom”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “brom” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “brom” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

brom

Wikipedia ^cs

Chemical element
Br
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Next: krypton (Kr)

Alternative forms

• bróm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrom]

  • Audio:

    (file)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbroːm]
• Hyphenation: brom
• Rhymes: -om

Noun

brom m inan

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of brom (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	brom	bromy
genitive	bromu	bromů
dative	bromu	bromům
accusative	brom	bromy
vocative	brome	bromy
locative	bromu	bromech
instrumental	bromem	bromy

Related terms

nouns

• bromid
• bromovodík

Further reading

• “brom”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “brom”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “brom”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

brom

Wikipedia ^da

Chemical element
Br
Previous: selen (Se)
Next: krypton (Kr)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos), via French brome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʁoˀm]

Noun

brom n (singular definite bromet, not used in plural form)

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of brom

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	brom	bromet
genitive	broms	bromets

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

brom

1. inflection of brommen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• brome, broom, broome
• brume (Northern)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English brōm, from Proto-West Germanic *brām, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbroːm/

Noun

brom (plural bromes)

1. Broom (shrub of the family Fabaceae)
2. A broom (device for sweeping)

   Synonym: besme

Descendants

• English: broom
• Scots: brume, bruim

References

• “brọ̄m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bróma (“fragment, piece”).

Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. metal scrap

   Synonym: (rare) skrap

   Dette er noe gammelt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

Derived terms

• selge som brom

Etymology 2

From French brome, coined by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802 - 1876) from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

References

• “brom” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “brom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bróma (“fragment, piece”).

Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. (rare) metal scrap

   Synonym: skrap

   Dette er noko gammalt brom. ― This is a piece of scrap.

Derived terms

• selje som brom

Etymology 2

From French brome, coined by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802 - 1876) from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).

Noun

brom n (definite singular brommet)

1. bromine (non-metallic chemical element)

References

• “brom” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “brom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brām.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /broːm/

Noun

brōm m (nominative plural brōmas)

1. broom (the plant)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	brōm	brōmas
accusative	brōm	brōmas
genitive	brōmes	brōma
dative	brōme	brōmum

Derived terms

• brōmfæsten
• brōmiġ

Descendants

• Middle English: brom, brome, broom, broome, brume (Northern)
  • English: broom
  • Scots: brume, bruim

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

brom

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: brom

Etymology 1

Noun

Chemical element
Br
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brom m inan

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of brom

	singular
nominative	brom
genitive	bromu
dative	bromowi
accusative	brom
instrumental	bromem
locative	bromie
vocative	bromie

Derived terms

adjective

• bromowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

brom m

1. dative plural of ber

   Synonym: berom

Further reading

• brom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:

brom

Wikipedia ^ro

Chemical element
Br
Previous: seleniu (Se)
Next: kripton (Kr)

Etymology

Borrowed from French brome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brom/

Noun

brom n (uncountable)

1. bromine

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	brom	bromul
genitive-dative	brom	bromului
vocative	bromule

References

• “brom”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brôm/

Noun

brȍm m inan (Cyrillic spelling бро̏м)

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of brom

	singular
nominative	brom
genitive	broma
dative	bromu
accusative	brom
vocative	brome
locative	bromu
instrumental	bromom

Slovene

Chemical element
Br
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Next: krípton (Kr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bróːm/, /brɔ́m/

Noun

brọ̑m or brȍm m inan

1. bromine

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bróm
genitive	bróma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bróm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bróma
dative (dajȃlnik)	brómu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bróm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brómu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brómom

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bròm
genitive	brôma
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bròm
genitive (rodȋlnik)	brôma
dative (dajȃlnik)	brômu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bròm
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	brômu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	brômom

Further reading

• “brom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

brom

Wikipedia ^sv

Chemical element
Br
Previous: selen (Se)
Next: krypton (Kr)

Etymology

From French brome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /broːm/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

brom c or n (uncountable)

1. bromine

Declension

Declension of brom

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	brom	broms
	definite	bromen	bromens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of brom

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	brom	broms
	definite	bromet	bromets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• bromera (“brominate”)

References

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

Anagrams

• romb

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

brom

Wikipedia ^tr

Chemical element
Br
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Next: kripton (Kr)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بروم (brom), from French brome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾom/, /b(u)ˈɾom/

Noun

brom (definite accusative bromu, uncountable)

1. bromine

Further reading

• “brom”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “brom”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Br
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Next: kripton (Kr)

Etymology

From French brome, from Latin brōmus.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧] ~ [ʔɓəː˨˩ zom˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˦˩ ɹom˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɹom˧˧], [ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹom˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: brôm, bờ Rôm

Noun

brom

1. bromine