Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brome

/bɹəʊm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: brome
IPA: /bɹəʊm/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any grass of the genus Bromus.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

name

name

A village surrounded by the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.

name

A village in Brome and Oakley parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1376).

name

A municipality and Samtgemeinde in Gifhorn district, north of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Etymology

From the genus name, New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: -, βρόμος, brome, βρῶμος

Usage

Inflected Forms

bromes (plural)

Phrases

ripgut brome smooth brome cheat grass Brome and Oakley Brome Lake

Frequently Paired Words

cheat grass cheatgrass bromine

Synonyms

bromegrass

Rhymes With

home go home come home group home rome poem dome chrome foam rom genome jerome

Questions

How do you pronounce brome?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹəʊm/.
What does brome mean?: Any grass of the genus Bromus.
Where does brome come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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