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, from Latin. Cognate to broach.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, /bɹoʊˈʃɝ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹəʊ.ʃə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

brochure (plural brochures)

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

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See also

References

  1. ↑ “brochure” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brochure.

Noun

brochure c (singular definite brochuren, plural indefinite brochurer)

  1. brochure, pamphlet

Declension

References

French

Etymology

From brocher +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁɔ.ʃyʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

brochure f (plural brochures)

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

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