Meanings
nounolder brother (plural older brothers)
plural older brothers · alternative elder brother
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Translations
Arabic اَلْأَخ اَلْأَكْبَر
- اَلْأَخ اَلْأَكْبَر (al-ʔaḵ al-ʔakbar)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Bengali দাদা, অগ্রজ
- দাদা (dada)single-word translations
- অগ্রজ (ogroj)single-word translations
- বড় ভাই (boṛ bhai)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Bulgarian ба́тко, по-голя́м брат
- ба́тко (bátko)single-word translations
- по-голя́м брат (po-goljám brat)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Catalan germà gran
- germà granmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Chinese Cantonese 阿哥
- 阿哥 (aa³ go¹)single-word translations
Chinese Mandarin 哥哥
- 哥哥 (gēge)single-word translations
Czech starší bratr
- starší bratrmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Danish storebror, storebroder
- storebrormulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
- storebrodermulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Finnish isoveli
- isovelimulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
French frère aîné, grand frère
- frère aînémulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
- grand frèremulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
German großer Bruder
- großer Brudermulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Hindi अग्रज, भैया
- अग्रज (agraj)single-word translations
- भैया (bhaiyā)single-word translations
- बड़ा भाई (baṛā bhāī)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Hungarian báty, bátya
- bátysingle-word translations
- bátyasingle-word translations
Indonesian abang
- abangsingle-word translations
Irish deartháir mór
- deartháir mórmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Italian fratello maggiore
- fratello maggioremulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Japanese 兄, お兄さん
- 兄 (ani)single-word translations
- お兄さん (onīsan)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
- 兄ちゃん (niichan)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
- 兄 (ani)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Korean 형, 오빠
- 형 (hyeong)single-word translations
- 오빠 (oppa)single-word translations
- 형님 (hyeongnim)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Lithuanian vyresnis brolis
- vyresnis brolismulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Malay abang
- abangsingle-word translations
Norwegian storebror
- storebrormulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Polish starszy brat, starszy brat
- starszy bratsingle-word translations
- starszy bratmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Portuguese irmão mais velho
- irmão mais velhomulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Russian ста́рший брат
- ста́рший брат (stáršij brat)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Slovak starší brat
- starší bratmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Spanish tato, ñaño
- tatosingle-word translations
- ñañosingle-word translations
- hermano mayormulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Swedish storebror
- storebrormulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Tagalog kuya
- kuyasingle-word translations
Tamil அண்ணா, அண்ணன்
- அண்ணா (aṇṇā)single-word translations
- அண்ணன் (aṇṇaṉ)single-word translations
- மூத்த சகோதரன் (mūtta cakōtaraṉ)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Thai พี่, พี่ชาย
- พี่ (pîi)single-word translations
- พี่ชาย (pîi-chaai)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Turkish abi, ağabey
- abisingle-word translations
- ağabeysingle-word translations
Ukrainian ста́рший брат, старі́ший брат
- ста́рший брат (stáršyj brat)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
- старі́ший брат (staríšyj brat)multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Vietnamese anh, anh trai
- anhsingle-word translations
- anh traimulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Welsh brawd mawr
- brawd mawrmulti-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
Cite this entry
APA
older brother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older%20brother
MLA
“older brother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older%20brother. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “older brother,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older%20brother.
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