brochure

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Etymology

1748, from French brochure (“stitched work”), from brocher (“to stitch”), from Old French brochier (“to pierce”), from broche (“awl”), from Vulgar Latin, from Latin. Cognate to broach.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, /bɹoʊˈʃɝ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(r)

Noun

brochure (plural brochures)

1. A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.

Translations

booklet of printed informational matter

• Arabic: كراسة (ar) (kurrāsa), كتيب (ar) (kutayyib) m
• Catalan: fullet m, opuscle m, prospecte m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小册子 (cmn) (xiǎocèzi), 册 (cmn) (cè)

• Czech: brožura (cs) f
• Danish: brochure (da)
• Dutch: brochure (nl)
• Esperanto: broŝuro (eo)
• Finnish: esite (fi)
• French: brochure (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Broschüre (de) f
• Hebrew: עלון (he) ('alon) m
• Icelandic: bæklingur (is) m
• Ido: broshuro

• Irish: bróisiúr (ga)
• Japanese: 小冊子 (ja) (しょうさっし, shōsasshi), 小冊 (ja) (しょうさつ, shōsatsu), パンフレット (ja) (panfuretto)
• Korean: 소책자 (ko) (sochaekja) (小冊子 (ko)), 팸플릿 (ko) (paempeullit)
• Maori: puka whakaatu (mi), puka whakamōhio (mi)
• Polish: broszura f, ulotka f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: брошюра (ru) (brošúra) f, буклет (ru) (buklét) m, проспект (ru) (prospékt) m, памфлет (ru) (pamflét) m, книжка (ru) (knížka) f, книжечка (ru) (knížečka) f
• Spanish: folleto (es) m
• Swedish: broschyr (sv)
• Vietnamese: cuốn sách nhỏ (vi)
• Volapük: brojür (vo)
• West Frisian: brosjuere

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• flier, flyer
• handbill
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphlet