bric-à-brac

== English == === Noun === bric-à-brac (usually uncountable, plural bric-à-bracs) Alternative form of bric-a-brac. == French == === Etymology === Apparently from à bricq et à bracq (“at random; haphazardly”); bricq and bracq are expressive onomatopoeias of obscure origin; possibly from Germanic. Compare bricolage. First attested in the c. 1500s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁi.ka.bʁak/ === Noun === bric-à-brac m (uncountable) miscellaneous items, bric-a-brac storeroom Synonym: débarras ==== Descendants ==== → English: bric-a-brac → Portuguese: bricabraque === Further reading === “bric-à-brac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French bric-à-brac. === Noun === bric-à-brac n (uncountable) bric-a-brac shop ==== Declension ====