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blood_brother

blood brother

English

Noun

blood brother ‎(plural blood brothers)

An unrelated male considered to share a brother -like relationship established by a ceremonial sharing of blood in some cultures.
(by extension) An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally.
A brother by blood: a brother-german or half-brother, as distinguished from step-brothers.

Translations

unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood

Belarusian: пабраці́м m ‎(pabracím)
Bulgarian: побратим (bg) m ‎(pobratim)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 把兄弟 (zh) ‎(bǎxiōngdì)
Finnish: veriveli
French: frère de sang (fr) m
German: Blutsbruder m
Greek: αδελφοποιτός (el) m ‎(adelfopoitós)
Japanese: 義兄弟 (ja) ‎(ぎきょうだい, gikyōdai, ぎけいてい, gikeitei)

Macedonian: побратим m ‎(pobratim)
Portuguese: irmão de sangue m
Romanian: fârtat (ro) m
Russian: побрати́м (ru) m ‎(pobratím), на́званый брат m ‎(názvanyj brat)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: побратим m

Roman: pobratim (sh) m
Ukrainian: побрати́м (uk) m ‎(pobratým)

unrelated male friend considered to share such strong relationship

Finnish: veriveli

full brother or half-brother — See also translations at : brother-german,‎ half brother

Finnish: täysveli (full brother), velipuoli (fi) (half brother)