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 brocca, from Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed”). Cognate to broach.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹəʊ.ʃə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, /bɹoʊˈʃɝ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

brochure (plural brochures)

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

   Have a look in the Acme brochure for a new vacuum cleaner.

Derived terms

• brochureware
• e-brochure

 

Translations

booklet of printed informational matter

• Albanian: broshurë (sq) f
• Arabic: كُرَّاسَة (kurrāsa), كُتَيِّب (ar) m (kutayyib)
• Armenian: գրքույկ (hy) (grkʻuyk), բրոշյուր (hy) (brošyur)
• Azerbaijani: broşüra, kitabça
• Belarusian: брашу́ра f (brašúra), памфле́т m (pamfljét), букле́т m (bukljét)
• Bulgarian: брошу́ра (bg) f (brošúra), памфле́т (bg) m (pamflét)
• Catalan: fullet (ca) m, opuscle (ca) m, prospecte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小冊子／小册子 (zh) (xiǎocèzi)

• Czech: brožura (cs) f
• Danish: brochure c
• Dutch: brochure (nl) f
• Esperanto: broŝuro, faldfolio
• Estonian: brošüür (et)
• Finnish: esite
• French: brochure (fr) f
• Georgian: ბროშურა (brošura)
• German: Broschüre (de) f
• Hebrew: עָלוֹן (he) m (alón), חוֹבֶרֶת (he) f (khoverét), סִפְרוֹן (he) m (sifrón)
• Hindi: विवरण (hi) m (vivraṇ), ब्रोशर m (brośar)
• Hungarian: ismertető (hu), brosúra (hu)
• Icelandic: bæklingur (is) m
• Ido: broshuro (io)
• Indonesian: brosur (id)
• Irish: bróisiúr
• Italian: opuscolo (it) m
• Japanese: 小冊子 (ja) (しょうさっし, shōsasshi), 小冊 (ja) (しょうさつ, shōsatsu), パンフレット (ja) (panfuretto)
• Kazakh: кітапша (kk) (kıtapşa), брошюра (broşüra)
• Korean: 소책자(小冊子) (ko) (sochaekja), 팸플릿 (ko) (paempeullit)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: broşur (ku), risale (ku), namilke (ku)

• Kyrgyz: брошюра (broşyura), китепче (kitepce)
• Latvian: brošūra f
• Lithuanian: brošiūra f, knygelė f
• Macedonian: брошу́ра f (brošúra), памфлет m (pamflet)
• Malay: brosur, risalah
• Maori: puka whakaatu, puka whakamōhio, mātārere
• Marathi: विवरणिका f (vivarṇikā), लघुपुस्तक n (laghupustak), विवरणपत्रिका f (vivraṇpatrikā), पुस्तिका f (pustikā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: товхимол (mn) (tovximol), брошюр (brošur)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brosjyre m

  Nynorsk: brosjyre m

• Pashto: رساله (ps) f (resāla)
• Persian: بروشور (fa) (brošur), کتابچه (fa) (ketâbče), رساله (fa) (resâle)
• Polish: broszura (pl) f, ulotka (pl) f
• Portuguese: brochura f, panfleto (pt) m, folheto (pt) m
• Romanian: broșură (ro) f
• Russian: брошю́ра (ru) f (brošúra), букле́т (ru) m (buklét), проспе́кт (ru) m (prospékt), памфле́т (ru) m (pamflét), кни́жка (ru) f (knížka), кни́жечка (ru) f (knížečka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: брошу́ра f

  Roman: brošúra (sh) f

• Slovak: brožúra f
• Slovene: brošura f
• Spanish: folleto (es) m
• Swedish: broschyr (sv) c
• Tagalog: muntaklat
• Tajik: рисола (risola), китобча (kitobča), брошюра (tg) (brošyura)
• Thai: โบรชัวร์ (th) (broo-chuua), จุลสาร (th) (jun-lá-sǎan)
• Turkish: broşür (tr), kitapçık (tr), risale (tr)
• Turkmen: kitapça, broşýura (tk)
• Ukrainian: брошу́ра (uk) f (brošúra), памфле́т m (pamflét), букле́т m (buklét)
• Uyghur: براشۇرا (brashura), كىتابچە (kitabche)
• Uzbek: broshyura (uz), risola (uz), kitobcha
• Vietnamese: cuốn sách nhỏ
• Volapük: brojür
• West Frisian: brosjuere

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• flier, flyer
• handbill
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphlet
• prospectus

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brochure.

Noun

brochure c (singular definite brochuren, plural indefinite brochurer)

1. brochure, pamphlet

Declension

Declension of brochure

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brochure	brochuren	brochurer	brochurerne
genitive	brochures	brochurens	brochurers	brochurernes

References

• “brochure” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brochure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbrɔˈʃyː.rə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bro‧chu‧re
• Rhymes: -yːrə

Noun

brochure f (plural brochures, diminutive brochuretje n)

1. a brochure, a booklet

Descendants

• → Indonesian: brosur

French

Etymology

From brocher +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ.ʃyʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: brochures
• Rhymes: -yʁ

Noun

brochure f (plural brochures)

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

Descendants

• → Danish: brochure
• → Dutch: brochure
  • → Indonesian: brosur
• → English: brochure
• → Polish: broszura
• → Romanian: broșură
• → Turkish: broşür

Further reading

• “brochure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.