brome

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/bɹəʊm/

noun

Any grass of the genus Bromus.

Similar
bromegrass
OriginAncient Greek βρόμος →
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Meanings

brome1

nounbrome (countable and uncountable, plural bromes)

plural bromes

  1. countableuncountableAny grass of the genus Bromus.

    Synonyms: bromegrass

brome2

nounbrome (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablebromine

Brome3

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A village surrounded by the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  3. A village in Brome and Oakley parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1376).
  4. A municipality and Samtgemeinde in Gifhorn district, north of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny grass of the genus Bromus.

Similar
bromegrass

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions

Similar
bromegrass
Broader
grass
Also see
bromegrass

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

brome · noun

  1. Ancient Greekβρόμος“oat, wild oat”
  2. Englishbrome

From the genus name, New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).

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brome · noun

  1. Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
  2. Frenchbrome
  3. Englishbrome

From French brome, coined from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”). Doublet of bromus.

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Translations

Bulgarian овсига
  • овсига (ovsiga)grass of Bromus
Czech sveřep
  • sveřepgrass of Bromus
Danish hejre
  • hejregrass of Bromus
Dutch dravik
  • dravikgrass of Bromus
Finnish kattara
  • kattaragrass of Bromus
French brome
  • bromegrass of Bromus
German Trespe
  • Trespegrass of Bromus
Greek βρόμος
  • βρόμος (vrómos)grass of Bromus
Hungarian rozsnok
  • rozsnokgrass of Bromus
Italian forasacco
  • forasaccograss of Bromus
Lithuanian dirsė
  • dirsėgrass of Bromus
Norwegian faks
  • faksgrass of Bromus
Polish stokłosa
  • stokłosagrass of Bromus
Romanian obsigă
  • obsigăgrass of Bromus
Russian костёр
  • костёр (kostjór)grass of Bromus
Spanish bromo
  • bromograss of Bromus
Swedish losta
  • lostagrass of Bromus
Ukrainian стоколос
  • стоколос (stokolos)grass of Bromus
Welsh pawrwellt
  • pawrwelltgrass of Bromus

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with brome

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Anagrams

ombreBomerBerom
Cite this entry
APA

brome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brome

MLA

“brome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brome.

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