What does старший брат in Russian mean?

What is the meaning of the word старший брат in Russian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use старший брат in Russian.

The word старший брат in Russian means older brother, elder brother, big brother. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word старший брат

older brother

noun (a sibling's older brother)

Мой старший брат получил должность в большом предприятии.
My older brother got a position in a big business.

elder brother

noun (a sibling's older brother)

У меня есть старший брат и младшая сестра.
I have one elder brother and a younger sister.

big brother

noun (brother (older, same sex)

У меня один старший брат и две младшие сестры.
I have one big brother and two little sisters.

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И даже так, мой старший брат оставался со мной ещё некоторое время.
Even so my older brother stayed with me for a while.
Ещё один старший брат, Рик (англ. Rick), умер в возрасте 23 лет.
Another older brother, Rick, died of kidney failure at age 23.
Потом появился мой старший брат Эли.
Then my older brother Eli came.
— Потому что он вернулся, а его старший брат — нет.
“Because he returned and his older brother didn’t.”
Рассказы о детстве Антона дошли до нас от его старших братьев[9].
Memories of Anton in infancy come from his elder brothers.
Ее внимание было всецело приковано к его старшему брату Роберту, которого убили на войне.
Her interest was entirely centred upon his older brother, Robert – the one who was killed in the war.
Я бы приняла его за твоего старшего брата
I had supposed him to be your elder brother.”
Мои старшие братья отправились на север, и каждый нашел свой путь на запад.
My older brothers headed north, and each found his own way west.
— Мой старший брат, Филип, погиб на войне шесть лет назад.
"""My oldest brother, Phillip, died in the war six years ago."
Его старший брат заявляет, что больше никогда не будет разговаривать с отцом.
His older brother says he’ll never speak to him again.
Мамин старший брат, Фред Уисмар, и его жена Юлейли жили в Темпле (штат Техас).
Mom’s older brother, Fred Wismar, and his wife, Eulalie, lived in Temple, Texas.
Скотт, мой старший брат, был типичным первенцем и обожал ставить под сомнение отцовскую власть.
My older brother, Scott, is a typical firstborn son; he loved to challenge my dad’s authority.
Он не посмел сказать, что колдун — его старший брат.
He hadn’t told anyone that the wizard was his elder brother.
С этими словами он встал и, коротко кивнув Лорел и старшему брату, покинул большой зал.
Then he stood up and with a small nod to Laurel and his eldest brother, left the Great Hall.
Отец с семилетнего возраста брал его с собой, а теперь с ним за рогами ходил старший брат Елены.
His father had taken him every year since he was seven years old, and he had done the same with Helena's older brother.
Два старших брата посмотрели на Джильберто и сказали, как один: — Значит, едешь ты
"The two older brothers looked at Gilberto, said together: ""That leaves you."""
Кажется, что все существующее на земле имеет свой прототип, своего «старшего брата» на небе.
First of all, there is the idea that everything which exists on earth has a prototype—an “elder brother”—in heaven.
Его старший брат Джефф тоже уехал, как и многие другие одноклассники Шерри.
His older brother, Geoff, had also left town, along with so many other of Sherry’s contemporaries.
В ее зеленых глазах зажегся ехидный огонек: она по-прежнему обожала подкалывать своего старшего брата
Her green eyes held the teasing light of a younger sister who still enjoyed torturing her older brother.
Отец Рёхея был мне как старший брат.
Ryohei's dad was like a big brother to me.
Как зовут твоего старшего брата?
What's the name of your eldest brother?
Повидаться с Бернис она пришла после того, как у ее мужа, Марко Гольдони, старшего брата Энрико, случился удар.
She was with Bernice because her husband, Marco Goldoni, Enrico’s older brother, had had a stroke.
Мы испугались, и инстинктивно мой старший брат и я подвинулись ближе к маме
We were frightened, and instinctively my older brother and I moved closer to our mother.
Констанций II, старший брат Константа и император восточной части империи, отправился в поход на Магненция с большой армией.
Constantius II, older brother of Constans and emperor in the East, promptly set forth towards Magnentius with a large army.
— за проклятого янки, за старшего брата отца дядю Эвинга, ныне покойного.
-a damn Yankee, Father’s eldest brother, Uncle Ewing, now deceased.

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