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• brŭsh
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bɹʌʃ/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /bɹɐʃ/
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• Northern-England: /bɹʊʃ/
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• dialectal, obsolete: brĕsh
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• dialectal, obsolete: /bɹɛʃ/
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• rhymes with -ʌʃ
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• CMU ARPABET: B R AH1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhers- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bhr̥stís Proto-Germanic *burstiz Frankish *burstibor. Vulgar Latin *brustia Old French broissebor. Middle English brusshe English brush From Middle English brusshe, from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse), from Vulgar Latin *brustia, from Frankish *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), or also Vulgar Latin *bruscia, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, thicket, underbrush”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bhrusgo-.

402 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: borsel — implement
• Afrikaans: kwas — implement
• Albanian: furçë — implement
• Arabic: فُرْشَاة (furšāh) — implement
• Arabic: فرشة (firša) — implement
• Arabic: فُرْشة (furša) — implement
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ̰ܘܿܬܩܵܐ (čōtqā) — implement
• Armenian: խոզանակ (xozanak) — implement
• Armenian: վրձին (vrjin) — implement
• Assamese: তুলি (tuli) — implement
• Assamese: বুৰুজ (buruz) — implement
• Assamese: ব্ৰাচ (bras) — implement
• Azerbaijani: fırça — implement
• Azerbaijani: şotka — implement
• Belarusian: шчо́тка (ščótka) — implement
• Belarusian: пэ́ндзаль (péndzalʹ) — implement
• Bengali: ব্রাশ (braś) — implement
• Breton: broust — implement
• Bulgarian: че́тка (čétka) — implement
• Burmese: ဝက်မှင်ဘီး (wakhmangbhi:) — implement
• Burmese: စုတ် (cut) — implement
• Catalan: raspall — implement
• Chechen: ехк (jexk) — implement
• Chinese Cantonese: 刷 — implement
• Chinese Mandarin: 刷子 (shuāzi) — implement
• Chinese Mandarin: 刷 (shuā) — implement
• Czech: štětec — implement
• Czech: štětka — implement
• Czech: kartáč — implement
• Danish: børste — implement
• Central Dusun: burus — implement
• Dutch: borstel — implement
• Dutch: (paint-) verfborstel — implement
• Dutch: (hair-) haarborstel — implement
• Dutch: (tooth-) tandenborstel — implement
• Esperanto: broso — implement
• Esperanto: peniko — implement
• Estonian: hari — implement
• Estonian: pintsel — implement
• Faroese: bust — implement
• Finnish: harja — implement
• Finnish: sivellin — implement
• Finnish: suka — implement
• Finnish: suti — implement
• French: brosse — implement
• Galician: brocha — implement
• Galician: brus — implement
• Galician: brusa — implement
• Galician: piaxá — implement
• Georgian: ჯაგრისი (ǯagrisi) — implement
• Georgian: ფუნჯი (punǯi) — implement
• Georgian: ყალამი (q̇alami) — implement
• German: Bürste — implement
• German: (paint-) Pinsel — implement
• Bavarian German: Bembsl — implement
• Greek: βούρτσα (voúrtsa) — implement
• Greek: πινέλο (pinélo) — implement
• Greenlandic: børsti — implement
• Hebrew: מִבְרֶשֶׁת (mivréshet) — implement
• Hindi: ब्रश (braś) — implement
• Hindi: बुरुश (buruś) — implement
• Hindi: झाड़ू (jhāṛū) — implement
• Hungarian: kefe — implement
• Hungarian: seprű — implement
• Hungarian: (paint-) ecset — implement
• Icelandic: pensill m bursti (hair-) (paint-) — implement
• Icelandic: hárbursti m tannbursti (tooth-) — implement
• Ido: pinselo — implement
• Ido: brosilo — implement
• Indonesian: sikat — implement
• Ingrian: harja — implement
• Ingrian: šotka — implement
• Ingush: ехк (jexk) — implement
• Italian: spazzola — implement
• Italian: pennello — implement
• Japanese: 刷子 — implement
• Japanese: 刷毛 (hake) — implement
• Japanese: ブラシ (burashi) — implement
• Kazakh: қылшақ (qylşaq) — implement
• Kazakh: щетка (şetka) — implement
• Khmer: សោធនី (saothĕəʼnii) — implement
• Korean: 솔 (sol) — implement
• Korean: 브러시 (beureosi) — implement
• Central Kurdish: فرچە (firçe) — implement
• Northern Kurdish: firçe — implement
• Northern Kurdish: havlêk — implement
• Northern Kurdish: rînek — implement
• Kyrgyz: щетка (şcetka) — implement
• Ladino: furcha — implement
• Lao: ຟອຍ (fǭi) — implement
• Lao: ຟອຽ (fǭi) — implement
• Latgalian: suseklis — implement
• Latgalian: (paint-) tepeklis — implement
• Latin: pēnicillum — implement
• Latvian: suka — implement
• Latvian: (paint-) ota — implement
• Lithuanian: šepetys — implement
• Lithuanian: teptukas — implement
• Luxembourgish: Biischt — implement
• Macedonian: четка (četka) — implement
• Malay: berus — implement
• Malayalam: ബ്രഷ് (braṣŭ) — implement
• Mongolian: сойз (sojz) — implement
• Mongolian: багс — implement
• Navajo: bee alzhóhí — implement
• Navajo: béʼézhóóʼ (hairbrush) — implement
• Navajo: ééʼ bee yilzhóhí — implement
• Navajo: beeʼadleeshí — implement
• Navajo: ké bee yilzhóhí — implement
• Norwegian Bokmål: børste — implement
• Persian: برس (boros) — implement
• Persian: شت (šot) — implement
• Persian: فرچه (ferče) — implement
• Plautdietsch: Barscht — implement
• Polish: szczotka — implement
• Polish: pędzel — implement
• Portuguese: brocha — implement
• Portuguese: escova — implement
• Portuguese: pincel — implement
• Romanian: perie — implement
• Romanian: (paint-) pensulă — implement
• Russian: щётка (ščótka) — implement
• Russian: кисть (kistʹ) — implement
• Scottish Gaelic: sguab — implement
• Serbo-Croatian: четка — implement
• Serbo-Croatian: четкица — implement
• Serbo-Croatian: кист — implement
• Serbo-Croatian: кичица — implement
• Serbo-Croatian: četka — implement
• Serbo-Croatian: četkica — implement
• Serbo-Croatian: kist — implement
• Serbo-Croatian: kičica — implement
• Sicilian: pinzeḍḍu — implement
• Slovak: kefa — implement
• Slovak: kefka — implement
• Slovak: štetec — implement
• Slovak: štetka — implement
• Slovene: krtača — implement
• Slovene: čopič — implement
• Southern Altai: щётка (ščyotka) — implement
• Spanish: pincel — implement
• Spanish: cepillo — implement
• Spanish: escobilla — implement
• Spanish: brocha — implement
• Spanish: sedera — implement
• Spanish: bruza — implement
• Swahili: burashi — implement
• Swahili: brashi — implement
• Swedish: borste — implement
• Swedish: pensel — implement
• Tagalog: sipilyo — implement
• Tagalog: pinsel — implement
• Tajik: чӯтка (čütka) — implement
• Telugu: కుంచె (kuñce) — implement
• Thai: แปรง (bprɛɛng) — implement
• Tibetan: ཕག་འདོ (phag 'do) — implement
• Turkish: fırça — implement
• Ottoman Turkish: فرچه (fırça) — implement
• Turkmen: çotga — implement
• Ukrainian: щі́тка (ščítka) — implement
• Ukrainian: пе́нзель (pénzelʹ) — implement
• Urdu: برش (braś) — implement
• Uzbek: choʻtka — implement
• Vietnamese: bàn chải — implement
• Vietnamese: cọ — implement
• Volapük: kef — implement
• Volapük: svipül — implement
• Volapük: pensit — implement
• Volapük: dratakef — implement
• Volapük: frotakef — implement
• Volapük: glimükamakef — implement
• Volapük: jukikef — implement
• Volapük: lavädakef — implement
• Volapük: lekluinakef — implement
• Volapük: leröbakef — implement
• Volapük: miotakef — implement
• Volapük: tutikef — implement
• Volapük: veluvakef — implement
• Volapük: heremikef — implement
• Bulgarian: четка (četka) — implement for writing
• Chinese Mandarin: 笔 (bǐ) — implement for writing
• Ingrian: kistocka — implement for writing
• Japanese: 筆 (fude) — implement for writing
• Korean: 붓 (but) — implement for writing
• Korean: 필 (pil) — implement for writing
• Manchu: ᡶᡳ (fi) — implement for writing
• Mongolian: бийр (biir) — implement for writing
• Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠷ (bir) — implement for writing
• Vietnamese: bút lông — implement for writing
• Bulgarian: четка (četka) — electrical contact
• Dutch: borstel — electrical contact
• Finnish: harja — electrical contact
• Galician: bascullo — electrical contact
• German: Bürste — electrical contact
• Japanese: ブラシ (burashi) — electrical contact
• Japanese: 刷子 (sasshi) — electrical contact
• Polish: szczotka — electrical contact
• Portuguese: escova — electrical contact
• Romanian: perie — electrical contact
• Russian: щётка (ščótka) — electrical contact
• Serbo-Croatian: четкица — electrical contact
• Serbo-Croatian: četkica — electrical contact
• Slovak: kefa — electrical contact
• Spanish: escobilla — electrical contact
• Bulgarian: четкане (četkane) — act of brushing
• Catalan: raspallar — act of brushing
• Danish: børste — act of brushing
• Finnish: harjaus — act of brushing
• French: brossage — act of brushing
• Greek: βούρτσισμα (voúrtsisma) — act of brushing
• Hebrew: הברשה (havrashá) — act of brushing
• Hungarian: kefélés — act of brushing
• Japanese: ブラシがけ (burashigake) — act of brushing
• Japanese: 磨き (migaki) — act of brushing
• Polish: czesanie — act of brushing
• Polish: szczotkowanie — act of brushing
• Portuguese: escovada — act of brushing
• Portuguese: escovamento — act of brushing
• Portuguese: escovadela — act of brushing
• Portuguese: pincelada — act of brushing
• Romanian: periat — act of brushing
• Scottish Gaelic: sguabadh — act of brushing
• Serbo-Croatian: četkanje — act of brushing
• Spanish: cepillado — act of brushing
• Bulgarian: гъсталак (gǎstalak) — wild vegetation
• Czech: podrost — wild vegetation
• Dutch: struikgewas — wild vegetation
• Finnish: pöheikkö — wild vegetation
• Finnish: pensaikko — wild vegetation
• Finnish: pusikko — wild vegetation
• French: buisson — wild vegetation
• Galician: mato — wild vegetation
• Galician: matogueira — wild vegetation
• Galician: bouza — wild vegetation
• Galician: fananco — wild vegetation
• Galician: touceira — wild vegetation
• Galician: bramal — wild vegetation
• Galician: mufedo — wild vegetation
• Galician: guelmo — wild vegetation
• German: Busch — wild vegetation
• German: Gebüsch — wild vegetation
• German: Gestrüpp — wild vegetation
• Greek: θαμνότοπος (thamnótopos) — wild vegetation
• Greek: λόχμη (lóchmi) — wild vegetation
• Māori: heu — wild vegetation
• Māori: heuheu — wild vegetation
• Portuguese: mato — wild vegetation
• Russian: куст (kust) — wild vegetation
• Russian: куста́рник (kustárnik) — wild vegetation
• Serbo-Croatian: žbun — wild vegetation
• Serbo-Croatian: žbunje — wild vegetation
• Spanish: matorral — wild vegetation
• Unami: ahëwe — wild vegetation
• Bulgarian: стълкновение (stǎlknovenie) — short experience
• Czech: setkání — short experience
• Czech: potyčka — short experience
• Finnish: kosketus — short experience
• Finnish: hankaus — short experience
• French: accrochage — short experience
• Italian: incontro — short experience
• Italian: scontro — short experience
• Portuguese: encontro — short experience
• Russian: столкновение (stolknovenije) — short experience
• Spanish: roce — short experience
• Spanish: encuentro — short experience
• Bulgarian: опашка (opaška) — furry tail
• Finnish: pörröhäntä — furry tail
• German: Lunte — furry tail
• German: Standarte — furry tail
• Greek: ουρά (ourá) — furry tail
• Japanese: 尾 (o) — furry tail
• Polish: kita — furry tail
• Russian: труба́ (trubá) — furry tail
• Finnish: vispilä — music: instrument
• Finnish: harja — music: instrument
• Uzbek: tarash — music: instrument
• Uzbek: choʻtkalash — music: instrument
• Ainu: シルシル (shiru-shiru) — to clean (with a brush)
• Arabic: فَرَشَ (faraša) — to clean (with a brush)
• Azerbaijani: fırçalamaq — to clean (with a brush)
• Breton: broustañ — to clean (with a brush)
• Bulgarian: четкам (četkam) — to clean (with a brush)
• Chinese: 洗喙 (zh-min-nan) — to clean (with a brush)
• Chinese Mandarin: 刷 (shuā) — to clean (with a brush)
• Danish: børste — to clean (with a brush)
• Dutch: borstelen — to clean (with a brush)
• Dutch: poetsen — to clean (with a brush)
• Dutch: vegen — to clean (with a brush)
• Dutch: tandenpoetsen — to clean (with a brush)
• Esperanto: brosi — to clean (with a brush)
• Finnish: harjata — to clean (with a brush)
• French: brosser — to clean (with a brush)
• German: putzen — to clean (with a brush)
• German: bürsten — to clean (with a brush)
• Bavarian German: bembsln — to clean (with a brush)
• Greek: βουρτσίζω (vourtsízo) — to clean (with a brush)
• Greenlandic: salippoq — to clean (with a brush)
• Hebrew: הבריש (hivrísh) — to clean (with a brush)
• Hungarian: sikál — to clean (with a brush)
• Hungarian: kefél — to clean (with a brush)
• Icelandic: bursta — to clean (with a brush)
• Ido: brosar — to clean (with a brush)
• Indonesian: menyikat — to clean (with a brush)
• Italian: spazzolare — to clean (with a brush)
• Japanese: 磨く (migaku) — to clean (with a brush)
• Kabuverdianu: skoba — to clean (with a brush)
• Central Kurdish: فرچە کردن (firçe kirdin) — to clean (with a brush)
• Malay: memberus — to clean (with a brush)
• Malayalam: തേക്കുക (tēkkuka) — to clean (with a brush)
• Māori: waku — to clean (with a brush)
• Māori: paraihe — to clean (with a brush)
• Mongolian: сойздох (sojzdox) — to clean (with a brush)
• Norwegian Bokmål: børste — to clean (with a brush)
• Polish: szczotkować — to clean (with a brush)
• Portuguese: escovar — to clean (with a brush)
• Romanian: peria — to clean (with a brush)
• Russian: чи́стить (čístitʹ) — to clean (with a brush)
• Russian: почи́стить (počístitʹ) — to clean (with a brush)
• Scottish Gaelic: sguab — to clean (with a brush)
• Serbo-Croatian: očetkati — to clean (with a brush)
• Serbo-Croatian: izčetkati — to clean (with a brush)
• Slovak: vykefovať — to clean (with a brush)
• Slovak: kefovať — to clean (with a brush)
• Slovak: vyčistiť — to clean (with a brush)
• Slovak: čistiť — to clean (with a brush)
• Slovene: umiti — to clean (with a brush)
• Spanish: cepillar — to clean (with a brush)
• Spanish: acepillar — to clean (with a brush)
• Swedish: borsta — to clean (with a brush)
• Turkish: fırçalamak — to clean (with a brush)
• Ottoman Turkish: فرچهلامق (fırçalamak) — to clean (with a brush)
• Uzbek: taramoq — to clean (with a brush)
• Uzbek: tozalamoq — to clean (with a brush)
• Arabic: مَشَّطَ (maššaṭa) — to untangle/arrange
• Bulgarian: сресвам с четка (sresvam s četka) — to untangle/arrange
• Dutch: borstelen — to untangle/arrange
• Finnish: harjata — to untangle/arrange
• French: brosser — to untangle/arrange
• French: se brosser — to untangle/arrange
• German: bürsten — to untangle/arrange
• Hungarian: kefél — to untangle/arrange
• Ingrian: šotkata — to untangle/arrange
• Italian: spazzolare — to untangle/arrange
• Italian: spazzolarsi — to untangle/arrange
• Central Kurdish: شانە کردن (şane kirdin) — to untangle/arrange
• Malay: menyikat — to untangle/arrange
• Norwegian Bokmål: børste — to untangle/arrange
• Portuguese: escovar — to untangle/arrange
• Romanian: peria — to untangle/arrange
• Serbo-Croatian: razmrsiti — to untangle/arrange
• Slovak: česať — to untangle/arrange
• Slovak: učesať — to untangle/arrange
• Spanish: cepillar — to untangle/arrange
• Spanish: acepillar — to untangle/arrange
• Dutch: aanbrengen — to apply
• Finnish: sivellä — to apply
• French: peindre — to apply
• French: peinturer — to apply
• German: pinseln — to apply
• German: auftragen — to apply
• Greek: βάφω (váfo) — to apply
• Greek: χρωματίζω (chromatízo) — to apply
• Italian: spennellare — to apply
• Japanese: 塗る (nuru) — to apply
• Portuguese: pincelar — to apply
• Romanian: vopsi — to apply
• Romanian: picta — to apply
• Serbo-Croatian: naneti — to apply
• Slovak: natrieť — to apply
• Slovak: natierať — to apply
• Spanish: aplicar — to apply
• Spanish: brochear — to apply
• Spanish: brochar — to apply
• Bulgarian: изчетквам (izčetkvam) — to remove
• Dutch: afborstelen — to remove
• Finnish: harjata — to remove
• French: brosser — to remove
• German: wischen — to remove
• Greenlandic: børsterpaa — to remove
• Portuguese: esfregar — to remove
• Romanian: mătura — to remove
• Scottish Gaelic: sguab — to remove
• Serbo-Croatian: ukloniti — to remove
• Slovak: utrieť — to remove
• Slovak: utierať — to remove
• Spanish: recoger — to remove
• Bulgarian: отърквам (otǎrkvam) — to touch
• Bulgarian: отъркам (otǎrkam) — to touch
• Dutch: vegen — to touch
• Dutch: van de tafel vegen — to touch
• Finnish: koskettaa — to touch
• Finnish: hipaista — to touch
• French: frôler — to touch
• French: effleurer — to touch
• German: streifen — to touch
• Italian: toccare — to touch
• Malayalam: ഉരസുക (urasuka) — to touch
• Māori: hārau — to touch
• Romanian: șterge — to touch
• Serbo-Croatian: dodirnuti — to touch
• Spanish: rozar — to touch
• Swedish: snudda — to touch