brooch

See also: Brooch

English

Etymology

Variant of broach.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɹəʊtʃ/
  • (US) enPR: brōch, IPA(key): /bɹoʊtʃ/, /bɹuːtʃ/[1][2][3]
  • Rhymes: -əʊtʃ, -uːtʃ
  • Homophone: broach

Noun

brooch (plural brooches)

  1. A piece of women’s ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
    Synonym: breastpin
    Hypernym: pin
  2. A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.

Translations

Verb

brooch (third-person singular simple present brooches, present participle brooching, simple past and past participle brooched)

  1. (transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.

References
  1. “brooch” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
  2. On Language; Broaching the Telltale Brooch, William Safire, New York Times
  3. The Grammarphobia Blog: On brooch, broach, and broccoli

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the noun Brooch (“fallow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʀoːχ/

Adjective

brooch (masculine broochen, neuter broocht, comparative méi brooch, superlative am broochsten)

  1. fallow

Declension
declension of brooch
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass brooch si ass brooch et ass brooch si si(nn) brooch
without article nominative/accusative broochen brooch broocht brooch
dative broochem broocher broochem broochen
with article nominative/accusative broochen brooch broocht brooch
dative broochen broocher broochen broochen

Derived terms
  • broochleeën
  • broochleien
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