broma

See also: bromā

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food”).

Noun

broma

  1. (medicine, obsolete) aliment; food
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
  2. A light form of prepared cocoa, or the drink made from it.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for broma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food, shipworm, cavity”). Semantic connection is uncertain.

Noun

broma f (plural bromes)

  1. joke, practical joke
    Va fer una broma i tothom va riure.
    He (or she) played a joke and everyone laughed.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Latin brūma.

Noun

broma f (plural bromes)

  1. fog or mist
    Sempre hi ha broma a aquesta zona.
    There's always fog in this area.

Usage notes

in the sense of fog or mist, boira is more usual than broma.

Synonyms

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Verb

broma

  1. third-person singular past historic of bromer

Irish

Noun

broma m

  1. genitive singular of broim (“fart”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
broma bhroma mbroma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Latvian

Noun

broma m

  1. genitive singular form of broms

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food, shipworm, cavity”). Semantic connection is uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾoma/

Noun

broma f (plural bromas)

  1. joke, practical joke
    Hizo una broma y todos se rieron.
    He made a joke and everyone laughed.
    Synonyms: burla, chiste, guasa, mofa
  2. shipworm

Derived terms

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