broma

See also: bromā

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹəʊmə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹoʊmə/
• Rhymes: -əʊmə

Noun

broma

1. A light form of prepared cocoa, or the drink made from it.
2. (medicine, obsolete) Aliment; food.

Derived terms

• bromalite

Related terms

• bromatotoxism

References

• “broma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Bomar, RAMBO, Rambo, rambo

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbɾu.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈbɾo.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbɾo.ma]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food, shipworm, cavity”). Semantic connection is uncertain.

Noun

broma f (plural bromes)

1. joke, practical joke

   Synonym: burla

   Va fer una broma i tothom va riure. ― He (or she) played a joke and everyone laughed.

2. shipworm (Teredo navalis)

   Synonym: corc marí

Derived terms

• en broma, de broma (“joking, kidding, as a joke”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin brūma.

Noun

broma f (plural bromes)

1. fog or mist

   Synonym: boira

   Sempre hi ha broma a aquesta zona. ― There's always fog in this area.

Usage notes

• in the sense of fog or mist, boira is more usual than broma.

Derived terms

• brom
• bromall
• bromera
• bromós

Etymology 3

Verb

broma

1. inflection of bromar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “broma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ.ma/
• Homophones: bromas, bromât

Verb

broma

1. third-person singular past historic of bromer

Irish

Noun

broma m

1. genitive singular of broim (“fart”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of broma

radical	lenition	eclipsis
broma	bhroma	mbroma

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “broma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latvian

Noun

broma m

1. genitive singular of broms

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian brom.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈproːma/

Noun

brōma

1. bromine

Inflection

Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative	brōma
Genitive	brōma
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	brōma	brōmat
Accusative	brōma	brōmaid
Genitive	brōma	brōmaid
Illative	brōmii	brōmaide
Locative	brōmas	brōmain
Comitative	brōmain	brōmaiguin
Essive	brōman
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person brōman brōmame brōmamet 2nd person brōmat brōmade brōmadet 3rd person brōmas brōmaska brōmaset

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Spanish

Una broma ― A shipworm (sense 3)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-der.

Medieval Greek βρῶμα (brôma)bor.

Spanish broma

Borrowed from Medieval Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food; shipworm; cavity”). Semantic connection is uncertain. Compare Sicilian bromu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾoma/ [ˈbɾo.ma]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: bro‧ma

Noun

broma f (plural bromas)

1. joke, prank, practical joke

   Synonyms: burla, chiste, diablura, guasa, mofa, travesura

   Hizo una broma y todos se rieron.

   He made a joke and everyone laughed.

2. banter (plural)
4. (zoology) shipworm

   Synonym: teredo

Derived terms

• bromas las justas
• de broma
• en broma
• entre bromas y veras
• estar de broma
• ni de broma

Related terms

• bromear
• bromsita

Further reading

• “broma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• bramo, bramó