broc

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin broccus.

Noun

broc m (plural brocs)

1. spout
2. stick
3. trifle
4. (in the plural) excuses, pretexts

   No fotem, que no estic per brocs. ― Let's not fuck around, I'm not in the mood for excuses.

Synonyms

• (excuse): romanço

Related terms

• broca

Further reading

• “broc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “broc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “broc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

broc

1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of brocar

French

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Old Provençal broc, related to Italian brocca (“jug”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁo/

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• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
• IPA^(key): /bʁɔk/ (substandard, but sometimes heard; compare croc)

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• Rhymes: -o, -ɔ, -ɔk

Noun

broc m (plural brocs)

1. ewer, pitcher

Further reading

• “broc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
• broc (récipient) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish brocc, from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) (compare Welsh broch).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔk/

Noun

broc m (genitive singular broic, nominative plural broic)

1. badger

Declension

Derived terms

• broc meala (“honey badger”)
• brocach (“badger den, sett”)

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “broc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “broc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “broc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Manx

Noun

broc m (genitive singular broc, plural brockyn)

1. Alternative form of brock

Mutation

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /broːk/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

Noun

brōc f

1. (in the plural) underpants; see brēċ
2. (euphemistic) butt

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: brek, breke, brech, breche, breech (all from the plural)
  • English: breech, breeches, britches

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *brōk (etymology 2).

Noun

brōc m

1. brook

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: brook
  • English: brook
  • Scots: broke, bruke

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish brocc. Cognates include Irish broc and Manx broc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾɔʰk/
• Hyphenation: broc

Noun

broc m (genitive singular bruic, plural bruic)

1. badger (Meles meles)
2. (obsolete) Synonym of faol (“wolf”)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “broc”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 93

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔk/

Etymology 1

From Middle English broce (“brushwood, fragment”), from Old English gebroc (“fragment”), from brecan (“to break”).

Noun

broc m (uncountable)

1. sea wrack, driftwood

Derived terms

• broc môr (“driftwood”)

Etymology 2

From Irish broc (“grey, mottled, flecked”) or English brock (“(inferior) horse, trotter”).

Adjective

broc (feminine singular broc, plural broc, equative mor froc, comparative mwy broc, superlative mwyaf broc)

1. roan (of a horse)

Derived terms

• brocfelyn (“chestnut roan, strawberry roan”)
• brocgoch (“bay roan, red roan”)
• broclas (“blue roan, grey roan”)
• brocwinau (“bay roan, red roan”)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “broc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies