Masculine

Brodem

Meaning

  1. (dated, literary, masculine, no-plural, strong) vapor
  2. (dated, literary, masculine, no-plural, strong) strong smell

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbʁoːdəm/
Etymology

In summary

With widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- from Middle High German brādem, from Old High German brādam, from Proto-West Germanic *brāþm, probably a secondary alteration of *brāþi by conflation with *āþm, whence German Atem, Odem. Cognate with English breath.

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