broche

See also: broché

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French broche.

Noun

broche (plural broches)

1. Obsolete form of brooch.

Etymology 2

Verb

broche (third-person singular simple present broches, present participle broching, simple past and past participle broched)

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

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French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔʃ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔʃ

Noun

broche f (plural broches)

1. (jewellery) brooch, pin
2. (cooking) spit, skewer

   poulet à la broche ― chicken on the spit

3. spike, peg

Derived terms

• brocher
  • brochure
• brochet
• brochette
• embrocher

Descendants

• → German: Brosche
• → Portuguese: broche
• → Spanish: broche

Verb

broche

1. first-person singular present indicative of brocher
2. third-person singular present indicative of brocher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of brocher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of brocher
5. second-person singular imperative of brocher

Further reading

• “broche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Interlingue

Noun

broche

1. brooch

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Italian

Noun

broche f (invariable)

1. (mycology) sheathed woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabilis (synonym: Pholiota mutabilis)).

Synonyms

• famigliola gialla

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin broccus.

Alternative forms

• brooche, brouche, bruche, brush

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔːtʃ(ə)/

Noun

broche (plural broches)

1. A spear or pike; a weapon for impalement.
2. A spit; a rod for cooking meat on.
3. A brooch; jewelry mounted on a pin.
4. Any piece of jewelry or ornamentation.
5. Any other long rod, pole, or needle.
6. (rare, figuratively) Something very valuable.

Related terms

• brochen

Descendants

• English: broach, brooch
• Scots: broach, brutch, bruch, broche, brotch

References

• “brōche, n.(1).” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-16.

Etymology 2

From Old French brochier.

Verb

broche

1. Alternative form of brochen

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin brocchus (“pointed, sharp”).

Noun

broche f (plural broches)

1. (Jersey, cooking) spit

Derived terms

• r'pas à la broche

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin brocchus (“pointed, sharp”).

Noun

broche f (oblique plural broches, nominative singular broche, nominative plural broches)

1. brooch, pin (jewellery)
2. (cooking) spit

Descendants

• French: broche
• → Galician: brocha (“pin; nail”)
• → Middle English: broche, brooche, brouche, bruche, brush
  • English: broach, brooch
  • Scots: broach, brutch, bruch, broche, brotch

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (broche, supplement)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔ.ʃi/

Noun

broche m (plural broches)

1. brooch
2. clasp

Verb

broche

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of brochar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of brochar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of brochar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of brochar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French broche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾot͡ʃe/

Noun

broche m (plural broches)

1. clasp, brooch
2. paperclip
3. cuff link, cufflink
4. punch line (final, concluding statement)
5. (Argentina) clothes peg

Derived terms

• abrochar

Further reading

• “broche” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.