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broche

See also: broché

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French broche.

Noun

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broche (plural broches)

  1. Obsolete form of brooch.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French broche.

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

Noun

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

  1. a brooch
    Synonyms: sierspeld, speld
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  • → Indonesian: bros

French

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Etymology

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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”).

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Noun

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broche f (plural broches)

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

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Descendants

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Verb

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broche

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

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Italian

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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broche f (invariable)

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

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin broccus.

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Noun

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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

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Verb

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broche

  1. Alternative form of brochen

Norman

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp”).

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broche f (plural broches)

  1. (Jersey, cooking) spit

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Old French

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

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

Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: bro‧che

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French broche.[1][2] Doublet of broca.

Noun

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broche m (plural broches)

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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broche

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

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  1. ^ “broche”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “broche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French broche.

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

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broche m (plural broches)

  1. clasp, brooch
  2. paperclip
  3. cuff link, cufflink
  4. (figurative) punch line (final, concluding statement)
    poner el broche ― to round off
  5. (Argentina) clothes peg

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