brooch

Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /brəʊtʃ/, SAMPA: /br@UtS/
• (US) enPR: brōch, IPA: /bɹoʊtʃ/, /bɹoʊʃ/
• Rhymes: -əʊtʃ
• Homophone: broach

Noun

brooch (plural brooches)

1. A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.

Synonyms

• breastpin

Hypernyms

• pin

Translations

jewellery with pin

Bulgarian: брошка (bg) f. Chinese: 別針, 别针 Crimean Tatar: tüyreviç Croatian: broš (hr) m. Czech: brož (cs) f., spona (cs) f., sponka (cs) f. Danish: broche (da) c. Dutch: broche (nl) f. Esperanto: broĉo (eo) Faroese: bringuprýði (fo) n., brossja (fo) f. Finnish: rintaneula French: broche (fr) f. German: Brosche (de) f. Greek: πόρπη (el) f. Hungarian: bross (hu), melltű (hu) Ido: brocho

Italian: spilla (it) f. Japanese: ブローチ (burōchi) Korean: 브로치 Luxembourgish: Brosch (lb) f. Malay: kerongsang (ms) Maori: pine (mi) Polish: broszka (pl) f., brosza (pl) f. Portuguese: broche (pt) m. Slovak: spona (sk) f., brošňa (sk) f. Slovene: broška (sl) f. Spanish: broche (es) m. Swedish: brosch (sv) Turkish: broş (tr)