# broche
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French broche.

#### Noun

broche (plural broches)
* Obsolete form of brooch.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

broche (third-person singular simple present broches, present participle broching, simple past and past participle broched)
* Obsolete form of broach.

### References

* “broche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French broche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɔʃ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: broche

### Noun

broche f or n (plural broches, diminutive brocheje n or brochetje n)
* a brooch
    Synonyms: sierspeld, speld

#### Related terms

* brochette

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: bros

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed or prominent-toothed”), ultimately from Gaulish, compare Old Irish brog (“awl”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bʁɔʃ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔʃ

### Noun

broche f (plural broches)
* (jewelry) brooch, pin
* (cooking) spit, skewer
    poulet à la broche ― chicken on the spit
* spike, peg

#### Derived terms

* attacher sa tuque avec de la broche
* brocher
** brochure
* brochet
* brochette
* embrocher

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: broche
** → Indonesian: bros
* → German: Brosche
* → Ottoman Turkish: بروش (broş)
** Turkish: broş
* → Portuguese: broche
* → Romanian: broșă
* → Russian: брошь (brošʹ)
** → Armenian: բրոշ (broš)
** → Georgian: ბროში (broši)
* → Spanish: broche

### Verb

broche
* inflection of brocher:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “broche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

broche f (invariable)
* (mycology) sheathed woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabilis (synonym: Pholiota mutabilis))
    Synonym: famigliola gialla

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin broccus.

#### Alternative forms

* brooche, brouche, bruche, brush

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɔːt͡ʃ(ə)/

#### Noun

broche (plural broches)
* 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, figurative) Something very valuable.

##### Related terms

* brochen

##### Descendants

* English: broach, brooch
* Scots: broach, brutch, bruch, broche, brotch

##### References

* “brōche, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-16.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

broche
* Alternative form of brochen

## Norman
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp”).

### Noun

broche f (plural broches)
* (Jersey, cooking) spit

#### Derived terms

* r'pas à la broche

## Old French
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin brocca, feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp”).

### Noun

broche oblique singular, f (oblique plural broches, nominative singular broche, nominative plural broches)
* brooch, pin (jewellery)
* (cooking) spit

#### Descendants

* French: broche
* → Galician: brocha (“pin; nail”)
* → Middle English: broche, brooche, brouche, bruche, brush
** English: broach, brooch
** Scots: broach, brutch, bruch, broche, brotch

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (broche, supplement)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.ʃɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɾɔ.t͡ʃɨ/
* Hyphenation: bro‧che

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French broche. Doublet of broca.

#### Noun

broche m (plural broches)
* brooch
* clasp
* (Portugal, vulgar) blowjob
    Synonyms: (formal) felação; see also Thesaurus:felação

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

broche
* inflection of brochar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ “broche”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “broche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French broche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɾot͡ʃe/ [ˈbɾo.t͡ʃe]
* Rhymes: -otʃe
* Syllabification: bro‧che

### Noun

broche m (plural broches)
* clasp, brooch
* paperclip
* cuff link, cufflink
* (figurative) punch line (final, concluding statement)
    poner el broche ― to round off
* (Argentina) clothes peg
    Synonym: pinza

#### Derived terms

* abrochar
* poner el broche de oro

### Further reading

* “broche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10