brommer

Meaning

1. (masculine) moped (low-powered motorcycle)
2. (masculine) one who hums, buzzes, drones
3. (dialectal, masculine) infertile cow
4. (Netherlands, masculine, obsolete) coach taxi drawn by one horse

Concepts

moped

bike

🚲

motorbike

🏍️

motorcycle

🏍️

motor-bike

motor-cycle

Synonyms

bromfiets

motorfiets

🏍️

Translations

ciclomotor

Moped

vélomoteur

Mofa

motocicleta

🏍️

Kleinkraftrad

ciclomotore

ciclomotor

motorino

mobylette

ciclomotor

cyclomoteur

motocicleta

🏍️

motoneta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbrɔmər/

Etymology

From brommen (“to hum, buzz, drone”) + -er. The sense “moped” probably after bromfiets, though both terms were first attested in the same year (1950).
The sense “coach taxi” may instead be derived from a taxi company Brom in Utrecht, the identity of which is obscure, however.