broche
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
broche (plural broches)
- Obsolete form of brooch.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
broche (third-person singular simple present broches, present participle broching, simple past and past participle broched)
- Obsolete form of broach.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for broche in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
broche f or n (plural broches, diminutive brocheje n or brochetje n)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: bros
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed or prominent-toothed”), ultimately from Gaulish, compare Old Irish brog (“awl”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
broche f (plural broches)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Verb[edit]
broche
- inflection of brocher:
Further reading[edit]
- “broche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
broche f (invariable)
- (mycology) sheathed woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabilis (synonym: Pholiota mutabilis))
- Synonym: famigliola gialla
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin broccus.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
broche (plural broches)
- A spear or pike; a weapon for impalement.
- A spit; a rod for cooking meat on.
- A brooch; jewelry mounted on a pin.
- Any piece of jewelry or ornamentation.
- Any other long rod, pole, or needle.
- (rare, figuratively) Something very valuable.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “brōche, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-16.
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
broche
- Alternative form of brochen
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp”).
Noun[edit]
broche f (plural broches)
Derived terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp”).
Noun[edit]
broche f (oblique plural broches, nominative singular broche, nominative plural broches)
Descendants[edit]
- French: broche
- → Galician: brocha (“pin; nail”)
- → Middle English: broche, brooche, brouche, bruche, brush
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (broche, supplement)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: bro‧che
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from French broche.[1][2] Doublet of broca.
Noun[edit]
broche m (plural broches)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
broche
- inflection of brochar:
References[edit]
- ^ “broche” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- ^ “broche” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
broche m (plural broches)
- clasp, brooch
- paperclip
- cuff link, cufflink
- punch line (final, concluding statement)
- (Argentina) clothes peg
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “broche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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