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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

French

Etymology

From Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed or prominent-toothed”), ultimately from Gaulish - see also Gaelic brog (“awl”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁɔʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʃ

Noun

broche f (plural broches)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Interlingue

Noun

broche

  1. brooch

Italian

Noun

broche f (invariable)

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

Synonyms

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

broche f (plural broches)

  1. (Jersey, cooking) spit

Derived terms

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

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (broche, supplement)

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

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

Further reading

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