Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA full brother: a brother born to the same mother and father, as distinguished from half brothers (uterine brothers), step-brothers, or 'brothers' established through relationships such as wardship.
Origin
- Classical Latinfrāter germānus
- Anglo-Norman and Middle Frenchfrere germain
- Middle Englishbrother germain
- Englishbrother-german
From Middle English brother germain, equivalent to brother + german, after Anglo-Norman and Middle French frere germain and its etymon Classical Latin frāter germānus.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 親兄弟 /亲兄弟
- 親兄弟 /亲兄弟 (qīn xiōngdì)brother by birth
Finnish täysveli
- täysvelibrother by birth
French frère germain
- frère germainbrother by birth
German leiblicher Bruder
- leiblicher Bruderbrother by birth
Greek αυτάδελφος
- αυτάδελφος (aftádelfos)brother by birth
Latin unigenus, germanus
- unigenusbrother by birth
- germanusbrother by birth
Polish rodzony brat
- rodzony bratbrother by birth
Portuguese irmão de sangue, irmão germano
- irmão de sanguebrother by birth
- irmão germanobrother by birth
Russian родно́й брат
- родно́й брат (rodnój brat)brother by birth
Swedish helbror, sambror
- helbrorbrother by birth
- sambrorbrother by birth
Ukrainian рі́дний брат
- рі́дний брат (rídnyj brat)brother by birth
Cite this entry
brother-german. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brother-german
“brother-german.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brother-german. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brother-german,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brother-german.
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