broth

See also: broþ

English

Etymology

From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (broth), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (broth), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (broth), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (to seethe, roil, brew). Akin to Old English breowan (to brew), equivalent to brew +‎ -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɹɔθ/, enPR: brôth
  • (cotcaught merger) IPA(key): /bɹɑθ/, enPR: brŏth
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹɒθ/, enPR: brŏth
  • Rhymes: -ɒθ
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

broth (countable and uncountable, plural broths)

  1. (uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
    Synonyms: bouillon, liquor, pot liquor, stock
  2. (countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Scottish Gaelic: brot

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Irish

Noun

broth m (genitive singular brotha)

  1. alternative form of bruth (heat; rash, eruption; nap, pile, covering)

Declension

Declension of broth (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative broth
vocative a bhroth
genitive brotha
dative broth
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an broth
genitive an bhrotha
dative leis an mbroth
don bhroth

Mutation

Mutated forms of broth
radical lenition eclipsis
broth bhroth mbroth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English broþ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɔθ/

Noun

broth (plural brothes)

  1. Water in which something (usually food) has been boiled; broth.

Descendants

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