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brooch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bɹut͡ʃ/ (US)
  • (UK)
  • brōch (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bɹəʊtʃ/ (UK)
  • /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/ (US)

Etymology

Variant of broach.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
brooches Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Luckenbooth brooch · broochlike

Hypernyms

pin

Synonyms

breastpin

Translations (67)

hu brosstű (jewellery with pin) · ar بْرُوش (jewellery with pin) · sh broš (jewellery with pin) · fo bringuprýði (jewellery with pin) · grc περόνη (jewellery with pin) · oc bròca (jewellery with pin) · vi thoa (jewellery with pin) · ar بْرُوش (jewellery with pin) · izh broška (jewellery with pin) · it spilla (jewellery with pin) · sl broška (jewellery with pin) · sh брош (jewellery with pin) · kk танамоншақ (jewellery with pin) · be бро́шка (jewellery with pin) · nl broche (jewellery with pin) · uk бро́шка (jewellery with pin) · hy զարդասեղ (jewellery with pin) · hu melltű (jewellery with pin) · th เข็มกลัด (jewellery with pin) · sv brosch (jewellery with pin) · grc πόρπη (jewellery with pin) · fr broche (jewellery with pin) · mi toromoka (jewellery with pin) · mk брошка (jewellery with pin) · tr broş (jewellery with pin) · ko 브로치 (jewellery with pin) · sk brošňa (jewellery with pin) · cmn 胸針 /胸针 (jewellery with pin) · pl broszka (jewellery with pin) · de Brosche (jewellery with pin) · da broche (jewellery with pin) · mi pine (jewellery with pin) · cs brož (jewellery with pin) · io brocho (jewellery with pin) · nl speldje (jewellery with pin) · ru брошь (jewellery with pin) · la fībula (jewellery with pin) · hy բրոշ (jewellery with pin) · fi rintaneula (jewellery with pin) · vi trâm gài đầu (jewellery with pin) · tl brotse (jewellery with pin) · af borsspeld (jewellery with pin) · sq lulëse (jewellery with pin) · ms kerongsang (jewellery with pin) · fo brossja (jewellery with pin) · el πόρπη (jewellery with pin) · hu bross (jewellery with pin) · ja ブローチ (jewellery with pin) · pl brosza (jewellery with pin) · cs sponka (jewellery with pin) · ka ბროში (jewellery with pin) · sk spona (jewellery with pin) · es broche (jewellery with pin) · gl broche (jewellery with pin) · cs spona (jewellery with pin) · hy կրծքազարդ (jewellery with pin) · no brosje (jewellery with pin) · pt broche (jewellery with pin) · mk брош (jewellery with pin) · vi trâm (jewellery with pin) · ru бро́шка (jewellery with pin) · crh tüyreviç (jewellery with pin) · bg бро́шка (jewellery with pin) · cmn 領針 /领针 (jewellery with pin) · lb Brosch (jewellery with pin) · cmn 別針 /别针 (jewellery with pin) · eo broĉo (jewellery with pin)

brooch en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɹut͡ʃ/ (US)
  • (UK)
  • brōch (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bɹəʊtʃ/ (UK)
  • /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/ (US)

Etymology

Variant of broach.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To adorn as with a brooch.
    • Not the imperious show / Of the full-fortuned Caesar ever shall / Be brooch'd with me. c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, act 4, scene 15, lines 23–25:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
brooching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brooches Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
brooched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brooched Tense=Past lexicographic