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brocade

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /bɹəˈkeɪd/
  • US: /broʊˈkeɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: B R OW0 K EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An item decorated with brocade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A decorative pattern.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile

7

verb

Meaning 7

weave a design into (textiles)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weave, tissue

History

Etymology

From Occitan brocada and Spanish and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, from Italian broccato, from brocco, ultimately from Gaulish.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: brokaat — fabric
  • Afrikaans: goudlaken — fabric
  • Arabic: إِسْتَبْرَق (ʔistabraq) — fabric
  • Armenian: դիպակ (dipak) — fabric
  • Bulgarian: брокат (brokat) — fabric
  • Catalan: brocat — fabric
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錦緞 /锦缎 (jǐnduàn) — fabric
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錦 /锦 (jǐn) — fabric
  • Czech: brokát — fabric
  • Dutch: brokaat — fabric
  • Finnish: brokadi — fabric
  • French: brocart — fabric
  • Galician: brocado — fabric
  • Georgian: ფარჩა (parča) — fabric
  • Georgian: სტავრა (sṭavra) — fabric
  • German: Brokat — fabric
  • German: Brokatstoff — fabric
  • German: Seidenbrokat — fabric
  • Hindi: जरबफ्त (jarbapht) — fabric
  • Hindi: कमख्वाब (kamakhvāb) — fabric
  • Ido: brokato — fabric
  • Indonesian: brokat — fabric
  • Irish: broicéad — fabric
  • Italian: broccato — fabric
  • Japanese: 錦 (nishiki) — fabric
  • Japanese: ブロケード (burokēdo) — fabric
  • Macedonian: брокат (brokat) — fabric
  • Marathi: किनखाब (kinkhāb) — fabric
  • Persian: زربفت (zarbaft) — fabric
  • Polish: brokat — fabric
  • Portuguese: brocado — fabric
  • Romanian: brocart — fabric
  • Russian: парча́ (parčá) — fabric
  • Spanish: bordado — fabric
  • Spanish: bordadura — fabric
  • Spanish: brocado — fabric
  • Spanish: briscado — fabric
  • Swedish: brokad — fabric
  • Tuvan: хорагай (xoragay) — fabric
  • Vietnamese: thổ cẩm — fabric
  • Vietnamese: gấm — fabric
  • Volapük: brokat — fabric
  • Volapük: sadinabrokat — fabric
  • Chinese Mandarin: 織錦 /织锦 (zhījǐn) — decorate fabric with patterns
  • Finnish: kutoa brokadia — decorate fabric with patterns
  • French: brocher — decorate fabric with patterns
  • Irish: broicéadaigh — decorate fabric with patterns
  • Italian: broccare — decorate fabric with patterns