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English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French broche.
Noun
broche (plural broches)
- Obsolete form of brooch.
Etymology 2
Verb
broche (third-person singular simple present broches, present participle broching, simple past and past participle broched)
- Obsolete form of broach.
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French broche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brɔʃ/
- Hyphenation: broche
Noun
broche f or n (plural broches, diminutive brocheje n or brochetje n)
- A brooch.
- Synonyms: sierspeld, speld
Descendants
French
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
broche f (plural broches)
- (jewelry) brooch, pin
- (cooking) spit, skewer
- poulet à la broche ― chicken on the spit
- spike, peg
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
broche
- inflection of brocher:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
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Noun
broche f (invariable)
- (mycology) sheathed woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabilis (synonym: Pholiota mutabilis))
- Synonym: famigliola gialla
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin broccus.
Pronunciation
Noun
broche (plural broches)
- A spear or pike; a weapon for impalement.
- A spit; a rod for cooking meat on.
- A brooch; jewelry mounted on a pin.
- Any piece of jewelry or ornamentation.
- Any other long rod, pole, or needle.
- (rare, figurative) Something very valuable.
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Verb
broche
- Alternative form of brochen
Norman
Etymology
Inherited from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp”).
Noun
broche f (plural broches)
- (Jersey, cooking) spit
Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp”).
Noun
broche oblique singular, f (oblique plural broches, nominative singular broche, nominative plural broches)
- brooch, pin (jewellery)
- (cooking) spit
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (broche, supplement)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French broche. Doublet of broca.
Noun
broche m (plural broches)
- brooch
- clasp
- (Portugal, vulgar) blowjob
- Synonyms: (formal) felação; see also Thesaurus:felação
Etymology 2
Verb
broche
- inflection of brochar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French broche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɾot͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -otʃe
- Syllabification: bro‧che
Noun
broche m (plural broches)
- clasp, brooch
- paperclip
- cuff link, cufflink
- (figurative) punch line (final, concluding statement)
- poner el broche ― to round off
- (Argentina) clothes peg
Derived terms
Further reading