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brosse

1. Inflected form of bros

From Middle French, from Old French broche, broisse, from Vulgar Latin *bruscia from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“underbrush”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhreus- (“to swell, sprout”). Akin to Old High German brusk ("bud, sprout, sapling"; > German Brüsch (“broom, brushwood”)), Middle High German bürste "brush", Old English byrst "bristle", Middle High German broz "a bud, shoot". More at bristle.

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔs/

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brosse f (plural brosses)

1. brush (the implement)
2. crew cut

   Haha! Tu t'es fait une brosse, tu t'es cru en 1982 ou quoi ?

brosse

1. first-person singular present indicative of brosser
2. third-person singular present indicative of brosser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of brosser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of brosser
5. second-person singular imperative of brosser

• “brosse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• bosser

brosse

1. brush