dobro

See also: Dobro

English

Etymology

From the trade name "Dobro", used by Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, name of the inventors + brothers, also punning on Slovak dobro meaning "good".

Noun

dobro (plural dobros)

  1. (music) An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator
    • 2007, January 21, “Nate Chinen”, in Dueling Banjos, Gospel Harmonies, Arabesques and Electric Eels‎:
      The longest and most incandescent track is “Twilight Kingdom,” which includes Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro and David Grier on guitar.

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdobro]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dobro n

  1. good

Declension

Antonyms

Further reading

  • dobro in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dobro in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ɔbɾɔ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

dobro n

  1. (singular only) good
  2. (usually in plural) a good
  3. (plural only) estate, landed property

Declension

Antonyms

Further reading

  • dobro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdo.βɾu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdo.bɾu/
  • Hyphenation: do‧bro

Noun

dobro m (plural dobros)

  1. double

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.βɾu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾu/
  • Hyphenation: do‧bro

Verb

dobro

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of dobrar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. Name of the letter <d> in the Glagolitic alphabet.

Etymology 2

From dȍbar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro n (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. property, estate
  2. well-being, welfare
Declension

Etymology 3

From dȍbar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Adverb

dòbro (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. well

Etymology 4

From English dobro, in turn from Slovak dobro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒbro/
  • Hyphenation: dob‧ro

Noun

dòbro m (Cyrillic spelling до̀бро)

  1. dobro (acoustic guitar)

References

  • “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “dobro” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdo.bro/

Etymology 1

From the adjective dobrý.

Noun

dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. good
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

dobro n (genitive singular dobra, nominative plural dobrá, genitive plural dobier, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. dobro
Declension

Further reading

  • dobro in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ̀ːbrɔ/
  • Tonal orthography: dóbro

Adverb

dôbro (comparative bólje or bóljše, superlative nàjbólje or nàjbóljše)

  1. well, good

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • predôbro
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