Meanings
nounbromine (countable and uncountable, plural bromines)
plural bromines · alternative archaic bromin
- uncountableA nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
- countableA bromine atom.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water
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Bratomic number 35
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Origin
- Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
- Frenchbrome
- Englishbrome
- Englishbromine
From obsolete English brome + -ine, this word being from French brome, from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans broom
- broomnonmetallic chemical element
Arabic بُرُوم, بُرُومِين
- بُرُوم (burūm)nonmetallic chemical element
- بُرُومِين (burūmīn)nonmetallic chemical element
Basque bromoa
- bromoanonmetallic chemical element
Bulgarian бром
- бром (brom)nonmetallic chemical element
Catalan brom
- bromnonmetallic chemical element
Chinese Mandarin 溴
- 溴 (xiù)nonmetallic chemical element
Czech brom
- bromnonmetallic chemical element
Danish brom
- bromnonmetallic chemical element
Dutch broom
- broomnonmetallic chemical element
Esperanto bromo
- bromononmetallic chemical element
Estonian broom
- broomnonmetallic chemical element
Finnish bromi
- brominonmetallic chemical element
French brome
- bromenonmetallic chemical element
German Brom
- Bromnonmetallic chemical element
Greek βρόμιο
- βρόμιο (vrómio)nonmetallic chemical element
Hebrew ברום
- ברום (brom)nonmetallic chemical element
Hindi दुराघ्री
- दुराघ्री (durāghrī)nonmetallic chemical element
Hungarian bróm
- brómnonmetallic chemical element
Icelandic bróm
- brómnonmetallic chemical element
Irish bróimín
- bróimínnonmetallic chemical element
Italian bromo
- bromononmetallic chemical element
Japanese 臭素
- 臭素 (shūso)nonmetallic chemical element
Korean 취소, 브롬
- 취소 (chwiso)nonmetallic chemical element
- 브롬 (beurom)nonmetallic chemical element
- 브로민 (beuromin)nonmetallic chemical element
Latin brōmium
- brōmiumnonmetallic chemical element
Latvian broms
- bromsnonmetallic chemical element
Lithuanian bromas
- bromasnonmetallic chemical element
Malay bromin
- brominnonmetallic chemical element
Māori pūkane
- pūkanenonmetallic chemical element
Norwegian brom
- bromnonmetallic chemical element
Persian برم
- برم (borom)nonmetallic chemical element
Polish brom
- bromnonmetallic chemical element
Portuguese bromo
- bromononmetallic chemical element
Romanian brom
- bromnonmetallic chemical element
Russian бром
- бром (brom)nonmetallic chemical element
Scottish Gaelic bròimin
- bròiminnonmetallic chemical element
Slovak bróm
- brómnonmetallic chemical element
Spanish bromo
- bromononmetallic chemical element
Swedish brom
- bromnonmetallic chemical element
Tagalog bromo
- bromononmetallic chemical element
Tamil நெடியம்
- நெடியம் (neṭiyam)nonmetallic chemical element
Thai โบรมีน
- โบรมีน (broo-miin)nonmetallic chemical element
Turkish brom
- bromnonmetallic chemical element
Ukrainian бром
- бром (brom)nonmetallic chemical element
Urdu دراگھری
- دراگھری (durāghrī)nonmetallic chemical element
Vietnamese brom
- bromnonmetallic chemical element
Welsh bromin
- brominnonmetallic chemical element
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
bromine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bromine
MLA
“bromine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bromine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bromine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bromine.
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