broche
Middle English
/ˈbrɔːtʃ(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A spear or pike; a weapon for impalement.
- A spit; a rod for cooking meat on.
- A brooch; jewelry mounted on a pin.
- Any piece of jewelry or ornamentation.
- Any other long rod, pole, or needle.
- (rare) Something very valuable.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French broche (pin) derived from Latin *brocca, broccus (pointed, sharp, projecting, pointy-toothed prominent-toothed, buck-toothed, having protruding teeth, having projecting teeth, pointy-toothed).
Origin
Latin
broccus
Gloss
pointed, sharp, projecting, pointy-toothed prominent-toothed, buck-toothed, having protruding teeth, having projecting teeth, pointy-toothed
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
鋭
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abroach English
- broach English
- broachable English
- broacher English
- broachest English
- broacheth English
- turnbroach English
- broutsata Finnish
- *brocca Latin
- brocca Latin
- broccus Latin
- bruscia, *brustia Latin
- brocca Italian
- broccoli Italian
- broche French
- brosse French
- πρόχοος Ancient Greek
- brochen Middle English
- broche Old French
- brochier Old French
- broc Catalan, Valencian
- broca Catalan, Valencian
- broca Galician
- brocha Galician
- broco Galician
- broaçh Manx
- broche Norman
- *brokkos Proto-Celtic
- broach Scots
- *brokkos Gaulish
- broche sco-smi