brochure

English

Etymology

1748, from French brochure (“stitched work”), from brocher (“to stitch”), from Old French brochier (“to pierce”), from broche (“awl”), from Vulgar Latin brocca, from Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed”). Doublet of broach.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹəʊ.ʃə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, /bɹoʊˈʃɝ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

brochure (plural brochures)

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

   Have a look in the Acme brochure for a new vacuum cleaner.

Derived terms

• brochureware
• e-brochure

Translations

booklet of printed informational matter — see also booklet,‎ pamphlet,‎ leaflet,‎ flyer,‎ prospectus

• Albanian: broshurë (sq) f
• Arabic: كُرَّاسَة (kurrāsa), كُتَيِّب (ar) m (kutayyib)
• Armenian: գրքույկ (hy) (grkʻuyk), բրոշյուր (hy) (brošyur)
• Azerbaijani: broşüra, kitabça
• Belarusian: брашу́ра f (brašúra), памфле́т m (pamfljét), букле́т m (bukljét)
• Bulgarian: брошу́ра (bg) f (brošúra), памфле́т (bg) m (pamflét)
• Catalan: fullet (ca) m, opuscle (ca) m, prospecte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小冊子 / 小册子 (siu² caak³ zi²)

  Mandarin: 小冊子 / 小册子 (zh) (xiǎocèzi)

• Czech: brožura (cs) f
• Danish: brochure c
• Dutch: brochure (nl) f
• Esperanto: broŝuro, faldfolio
• Estonian: brošüür (et)
• Finnish: esite (fi)
• French: brochure (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: brosjuere c

• Georgian: ბროშურა (brošura)
• German: Broschüre (de) f
• Hebrew: עָלוֹן (he) m (alón), חוֹבֶרֶת (he) f (khoverét), סִפְרוֹן (he) m (sifrón)
• Hindi: विवरण (hi) m (vivraṇ), ब्रोशर m (brośar)
• Hungarian: ismertető (hu), brosúra (hu)
• Icelandic: bæklingur (is) m
• Ido: broshuro (io)
• Indonesian: brosur (id)
• Irish: bróisiúr
• Italian: opuscolo (it) m
• 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), ブローシャー (ja) (burōshā)
• Kazakh: кітапша (kk) (kıtapşa), брошюра (broşüra)
• Korean: 소책자(小冊子) (ko) (sochaekja), 팸플릿 (ko) (paempeullit), 브로슈어 (beurosyueo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: broşur (ku), risale (ku), namilke (ku)

• Kyrgyz: брошюра (broşyura), китепче (kitepce)
• Latvian: brošūra f
• Lithuanian: brošiūra f, knygelė f
• Macedonian: брошу́ра f (brošúra), памфлет m (pamflet)
• Malay: brosur, risalah
• Māori: puka whakaatu, puka whakamōhio, mātārere
• Marathi: विवरणिका f (vivarṇikā), लघुपुस्तक n (laghupustak), विवरणपत्रिका f (vivraṇpatrikā), पुस्तिका f (pustikā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: товхимол (mn) (tovximol), брошюр (brošur)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brosjyre m

  Nynorsk: brosjyre m

• Pashto: رساله (ps) f (resāla)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بُروشور (borošur), کِتابْچِه (ketâbče), رِسالِه (resâle), دَفْتَرَک (daftarak)

• Polish: broszura (pl) f, ulotka (pl) f
• Portuguese: brochura f, panfleto (pt) m, folheto (pt) m
• Romanian: broșură (ro) f
• Russian: брошю́ра (ru) f (brošúra), букле́т (ru) m (buklét), проспе́кт (ru) m (prospékt), памфле́т (ru) m (pamflét), кни́жка (ru) f (knížka), кни́жечка (ru) f (knížečka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: брошу́ра f

  Latin: brošúra (sh) f

• Slovak: brožúra f
• Slovene: brošura f
• Swedish: broschyr (sv) c
• Tagalog: muntaklat
• Tajik: рисола (risola), китобча (kitobča), брошюра (tg) (brošyura)
• Thai: โบรชัวร์ (th) (broo-chuua), จุลสาร (th) (jun-lá-sǎan)
• Turkish: broşür (tr), kitapçık (tr), risale (tr)
• Turkmen: kitapça, broşýura (tk)
• Ukrainian: брошу́ра (uk) f (brošúra), памфле́т m (pamflét), букле́т m (buklét)
• Urdu: بَروشَر m (barośar), رِسالَہ (risāla)
• Uyghur: براشۇرا (brashura), كىتابچە (kitabche)
• Uzbek: broshyura (uz), risola (uz), kitobcha
• Vietnamese: cuốn sách nhỏ
• Volapük: brojür

See also

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brochure.

Noun

brochure c (singular definite brochuren, plural indefinite brochurer)

1. brochure, pamphlet

Declension

Declension of brochure

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brochure	brochuren	brochurer	brochurerne
genitive	brochures	brochurens	brochurers	brochurernes

References

• “brochure” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brochure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbrɔˈʃyː.rə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bro‧chu‧re
• Rhymes: -yːrə

Noun

brochure f (plural brochures, diminutive brochuretje n)

1. a brochure, a booklet

Descendants

• → Indonesian: brosur
• → West Frisian: brosjuere

French

Etymology

From brocher +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ.ʃyʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Homophone: brochures
• Rhymes: -yʁ

Noun

brochure f (plural brochures)

1. brocade
2. needlework
3. brochure, booklet, pamphlet

Descendants

• → Czech: brožura
• → Danish: brochure
• → Dutch: brochure
  • → Indonesian: brosur
  • → West Frisian: brosjuere
• → English: brochure
• → German: Broschüre
• → Hungarian: brosúra
• → Norwegian: brosjyre
• → Polish: broszura
• → Portuguese: brochura
• → Romanian: broșură
• → Russian: брошю́ра (brošúra)
  • Georgian: ბროშურა (brošura)
• → Slovak: brožúra
• → Swedish: broschyr
• → Tagalog: brosyur
• → Turkish: broşür

Further reading

• “brochure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French brochure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /broʃˈʃyr/, /broʃˈʃur/

Noun

brochure f (invariable)

1. a brochure, a booklet