broc

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See also: broć, bróc, and bróć

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin broccus.

Noun

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broc m (plural brocs)

  1. spout
  2. stick
  3. trifle
  4. (in the plural) excuses, pretexts
    No fotem, que no estic per brocs.Let's not fuck around, I'm not in the mood for excuses.
Synonyms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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broc

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of brocar

French

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un broc à toilettea ewer for dressing table
un broc à laita pitcher for milk

Etymology

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Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Old Provençal broc, related to Italian brocca (jug).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bʁo/
    • Audio (Lyon):(file)
  • IPA(key): /bʁɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
  • IPA(key): /bʁɔk/ (nonstandard, but sometimes heard; compare croc)
  • Rhymes: -o, , -ɔk

Noun

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broc m (plural brocs)

  1. ewer, pitcher

Further reading

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish brocc, from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (badger) (compare Welsh broch).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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broc m (genitive singular broic, nominative plural broic)

  1. badger

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
broc bhroc mbroc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90

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Manx

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Noun

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broc m (genitive singular broc, plural brockyn)

  1. Alternative form of brock

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
broc vroc mroc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

Noun

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brōc f

  1. (in the plural) underpants; see brēċ
  2. (euphemistic) butt
Declension
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *brōk (etymology 2).

Noun

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brōc m

  1. brook
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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broc m

  1. Alternative form of brocc

Etymology 4

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Noun

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brōc ?

  1. labour, toil
  2. affliction
  3. disease
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Scottish Gaelic

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Broc (1).

Etymology

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From Middle Irish brocc. Cognates include Irish broc and Manx broc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾɔʰk/
  • Hyphenation: broc

Noun

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broc m (genitive singular bruic, plural bruic)

  1. badger (Meles meles)
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of faol (wolf)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
broc bhroc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “broc”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 93

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English broce (brushwood, fragment), from Old English gebroc (fragment), from brecan (to break).

Noun

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broc m (uncountable)

  1. sea wrack, driftwood
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Irish broc (grey, mottled, flecked) or English brock ((inferior) horse, trotter).

Adjective

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broc (feminine singular broc, plural broc, equative mor froc, comparative mwy broc, superlative mwyaf broc)

  1. roan (of a horse)
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
broc froc mroc unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “broc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies