See also: broché

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French broche.

Noun edit

broche (plural broches)

  1. 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)

  1. Obsolete form of broach.

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French broche.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /brɔʃ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: broche

Noun edit

broche f or n (plural broches, diminutive brocheje n or brochetje n)

  1. A brooch.
    Synonyms: sierspeld, speld

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Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: bros

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited 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)

  1. (jewelry) brooch, pin
  2. (cooking) spit, skewer
    poulet à la brochechicken on the spit
  3. spike, peg

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Descendants edit

Verb edit

broche

  1. inflection of brocher:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

broche f (invariable)

  1. (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.

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Noun edit

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, figurative) Something very valuable.
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

broche

  1. 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)

  1. (Jersey, cooking) spit

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Old French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (pointed, sharp).

Noun edit

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

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

Descendants edit

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)

  1. brooch
  2. clasp
  3. (Portugal, vulgar) blowjob
    Synonyms: (formal) felação; see also Thesaurus:felação

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

broche

  1. inflection of brochar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French broche.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾot͡ʃe/ [ˈbɾo.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -otʃe
  • Syllabification: bro‧che

Noun edit

broche m (plural broches)

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

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