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Webster 1913 Edition


Broche


Broˊché′

(brō̍ˊshā′)
,
Adj.
[F.]
1.
Woven with a figure;
as,
broché
goods
.

Broche

,
Noun.
[F.]
See
Broach
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Broche

BROCHE

, the true, but not the common orthography of broach.

Definition 2024


broche

broche

See also: broché

English

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.


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/

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

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

  • (fr) 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

Borrowing from French broche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾotʃe/

Noun

broche m (plural broches)

  1. clasp, brooch
  2. paperclip
  3. cuff link, cufflink
  4. (Argentina) clothes peg

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