Philadelphia's nickname, "the City of Brotherly Love," is simply a translation from the Greek roots of the city's name.
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Brotherly
//ˈbɹʌð.ɚ.li//
Synonyms for "brotherly" (53 found)
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Related words (26)
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2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 40 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀδελφικός adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Arabic
1 entries- أَخَوِيّ adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Armenian
1 entries- եղբայրական adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Aromanian
1 entries- frãtsescu adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qardaşcasına adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Belarusian
2 entries- бра́цкі adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- братэ́рскі adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бра́тски adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Czech
1 entries- bratrský adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Danish
1 entries- broderlig adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Dutch
1 entries- broederlijk adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Finnish
1 entries- veljellinen adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
French
1 entries- fraternel adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Georgian
1 entries- ძმური adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
German
2 entries- brüderlich adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- geschwisterlich adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Greek
1 entries- αδελφικός adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Ido
2 entries- fratala adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- fratatra adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Irish
1 entries- bráithriúil adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Latin
1 entries- frāternus adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Macedonian
1 entries- братски adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Malayalam
1 entries- സാഹോദര്യ adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Manx
1 entries- braaroil adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Middle English
1 entries- brotherly adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- broderlig adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Old English
1 entries- brōþorlīċ adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Old Irish
1 entries- bráithremail adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Polish
1 entries- braterski adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Portuguese
2 entries- fraternal adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- fraterno adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Romanian
2 entries- fratern adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- frățesc adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Russian
1 entries- бра́тский adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bràithreil adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bràtskī adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- бра̀тскӣ adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Slovak
1 entries- bratský adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Slovene
1 entries- bratski adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Spanish
2 entries- fraternal adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- fraterno adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Swedish
1 entries- broderlig adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Turkish
1 entries- kardeşçe adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Ukrainian
3 entries- бра́тній adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- бра́тський adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- брате́рський adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Uyghur
1 entries- قېرىنداشلارچە adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Uzbek
1 entries- qardoshlarcha adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Volapük
3 entries- blodik adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- gemik adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
- higemik adj (of or characteristic of brothers)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Relations between the heads of state in this region have been convivial, even brotherly.
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In an oddly brotherly drunken gesture, Cole tried to give his roommate a noogie.
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No one knows whether his love for his sister was sexual or brotherly.
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