brooch

See also: Brooch

English

Etymology

Variant of broach.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɹəʊtʃ/, (sometimes) /bɹuːt͡ʃ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) enPR: brōch, IPA(key): /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/, /bɹut͡ʃ/[1][2][3]
  • Rhymes: -əʊtʃ, -uːtʃ
  • Homophone: broach

Noun

brooch (plural brooches)

  1. A piece of 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.

Derived terms

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, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  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
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner broochen broocht
independent without determiner brooches broocher
dative after any declined word broochen broocher broochen broochen
as first declined word broochem broochem

Derived terms

  • broochleeën
  • broochleien
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