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half-brother

/ˈhɑːf ˌbrʌð.ər/

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noun

/ˈhɑːf ˌbrʌð.ər/B1formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее брата, который имеет только одного общего биологического родителя с другим человеком.

A noun referring to a male sibling who shares only one biological parent with another person.

  1. Sibling with one shared parentA2formal

    A male sibling who shares only one biological parent with another person, either the same mother or the same father.

    ruСводный брат

    • My half-brother and I have the same father but different mothers.
    • She grew up with her half-brother after her mother remarried.
    • He introduced his half-brother at the family reunion.

    Synonymshalf brother

Forms
  • half-brothers plural form
  • half-brothers' possessive plural form
  • half-brother's possessive singular form