older brother

English

Noun

older brother (plural older brothers)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Translations

a sibling's older brother

• Arabic: اَلْأَخ اَلْأَكْبَر m (al-ʔaḵ al-ʔakbar)
• Bashkir: ағай (ağay)
• Belarusian: старэ́йшы брат m (staréjšy brat), ста́ршы брат m (stáršy brat)
• Burmese: အကို (a.kui)
• Catalan: germà gran m
• Central Dusun: tabang
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿哥 (aa³ go¹)

  Dungan: гәгә (gəgə)

  Hakka: 阿哥 (â-kô)

  Mandarin: 哥哥 (zh) (gēge)

  Min Nan: 阿兄 (zh-min-nan) (a-hiaⁿ), 阿哥 (zh-min-nan) (a-ko)

  Wu: 哥哥 (ku ku), 阿哥 (aq ku)

• Czech: starší bratr m
• Danish: storebror (da) c, storebroder (da) c
• Finnish: isoveli (fi)
• French: frère aîné m, grand frère m
• German: großer Bruder m
• Hungarian: (obsolete) bátya, báty (hu)
• Italian: fratello maggiore
• Japanese: 兄 (ja) (あに, ani), お兄さん (おにいさん, onīsan) (honorific), 兄ちゃん (にいちゃん, niichan) (familiar)
• Kapampangan: koya
• Khmer: បងប្រុស (bɑɑng proh), បោង (km) (baong), អគ្គជៈ (ʼakkĕəʼcĕəʼ), ជេដ្ឋា (km) (ceitthaa) (royal)
• Korean: 형 (ko) (hyeong), 형님 (ko) (hyeongnim) (of a male), 오빠 (ko) (oppa) (of a female)
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• Lao: ອ້າຍ (ʼāi)
• Lithuanian: vyresnis broils m
• Malay: abang (ms)
• Mongolian: ах (mn) (ax)
• Nivkh: ыкын (ykyn), ыкына (ykyna)
• Norwegian: storebror m
• Polish: starszy brat m
• Portuguese: irmão mais velho m
• Russian: ста́рший брат m (stáršij brat)
• Sinhalese: අය්‍යා (ayyā)
• Slovak: starší brat m
• Sotho: aubuti
• Southern Thai: พี่บ่าว
• Spanish: hermano mayor m
• Swedish: storebror (sv) c
• Tagalog: kuya (tl)
• Telugu: అగ్రజుడు (te) (agrajuḍu)
• Thai: พี่ (th) (pîi), พี่ชาย (pîi-chaai)
• Turkish: ağabey (tr), abi (tr)
• Ukrainian: ста́рший брат m (stáršyj brat), старі́ший брат m (staríšyj brat)
• Uyghur: ئاكا (ug) (aka)
• Vietnamese: anh (vi), anh trai (vi)
• Wiradhuri: gaagang, gágang

See also

• younger brother
• younger sister
• older sister