broos

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /broːs/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: broos
  • Rhymes: -oːs

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch broosc.

Adjective[edit]

broos (comparative brozer, superlative meest broos or broost)

  1. (literally) brittle, crisp, physically fragile with a tendency to break into small pieces
  2. (figuratively) fragile, perishable, vulnerable, weak, e.g. said of short-lived beauty
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of broos
uninflected broos
inflected broze
comparative brozer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial broos brozer het broost
het brooste
indefinite m./f. sing. broze brozere brooste
n. sing. broos brozer brooste
plural broze brozere brooste
definite broze brozere brooste
partitive broos brozers
Alternative forms[edit]
  • bros (only used in the literal, physical sense)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Papiamentu: bròs
  • Sranan Tongo: brosu

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

broos f (plural brozen, diminutive broosje n)

  1. (obsolete) cothurnus
Synonyms[edit]