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, from Latin. Cognate to broach.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, /bɹoʊˈʃɝ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹəʊ.ʃə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

brochure (plural brochures)

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

Translations

See also

References
  1. “brochure” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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

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

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