noun · verb · 5 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/bɹəʊtʃ/
UK:
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
US:brōch
US:/bɹoʊt͡ʃ/
US:/bɹut͡ʃ/
rhymes with -əʊtʃ
rhymes with -uːtʃ
homophone: broach
CMU ARPABET:B R UW1 CH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:B R OW1 CH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breastpin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pin
2
noun
Meaning 2
A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To adorn as with a brooch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a decorative pin worn by women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: broach, breastpin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pin
Narrower terms: sunburst
5
verb
Meaning 5
fasten with or as if with a brooch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clasp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
History
Etymology
Variant of broach.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
borsspeld
— jewellery with pin
Albanian:
lulëse
— jewellery with pin
Arabic:
بْرُوش
(brūš)
— jewellery with pin
Arabic:
بْرُوش
(broš)
— jewellery with pin
Armenian:
բրոշ
(broš)
— jewellery with pin
Armenian:
կրծքազարդ
(krckʻazard)
— jewellery with pin
Armenian:
զարդասեղ
(zardaseġ)
— jewellery with pin
Belarusian:
бро́шка
(bróška)
— jewellery with pin
Bulgarian:
бро́шка
(bróška)
— jewellery with pin
Chinese Mandarin:
胸針 /胸针
(xiōngzhēn)
— jewellery with pin
Chinese Mandarin:
別針 /别针
(biézhēn)
— jewellery with pin
Chinese Mandarin:
領針 /领针
(lǐngzhēn)
— jewellery with pin
Crimean Tatar:
tüyreviç
— jewellery with pin
Czech:
brož
— jewellery with pin
Czech:
spona
— jewellery with pin
Czech:
sponka
— jewellery with pin
Danish:
broche
— jewellery with pin
Dutch:
broche
— jewellery with pin
Dutch:
speldje
— jewellery with pin
Esperanto:
broĉo
— jewellery with pin
Faroese:
bringuprýði
— jewellery with pin
Faroese:
brossja
— jewellery with pin
Finnish:
rintaneula
— jewellery with pin
French:
broche
— jewellery with pin
Galician:
broche
— jewellery with pin
Georgian:
ბროში
(broši)
— jewellery with pin
German:
Brosche
— jewellery with pin
Greek:
πόρπη
(pórpi)
— jewellery with pin
Ancient Greek:
περόνη
(perónē)
— jewellery with pin
Ancient Greek:
πόρπη
(pórpē)
— jewellery with pin
Hungarian:
bross
— jewellery with pin
Hungarian:
melltű
— jewellery with pin
Hungarian:
brosstű
— jewellery with pin
Ido:
brocho
— jewellery with pin
Ingrian:
broška
— jewellery with pin
Italian:
spilla
— jewellery with pin
Japanese:
ブローチ
(burōchi)
— jewellery with pin
Kazakh:
танамоншақ
(tanamonşaq)
— jewellery with pin
