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half brother

half broth·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [haf, hahf bruhth -er or for 9, bruhth -ur]
    • /hæf, hɑf ˈbrʌð ər or for 9, ˈbrʌðˈɜr/
    • /hɑːf ˈbrʌðə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [haf, hahf bruhth -er or for 9, bruhth -ur]
    • /hæf, hɑf ˈbrʌð ər or for 9, ˈbrʌðˈɜr/

Definition of half brother words

  • noun half brother brother (def 2). 1

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Origin of half brother

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1300-50

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Parts of speech for Half brother

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

half brother popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

half brother usage trend in Literature

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