broad

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad, wide”), of uncertain origin. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹɔːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɹɔd/ (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /bɹɑd/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /bɹoːd/ (Indic) IPA(key): /brɔɖ/, (spelling pronunciation) /broɖ/ Rhymes: -ɔːd The failure of the /ɔː/ vowel of Middle English to shift to Modern /əʊ/ during the Great Vowel Shift is irregular and has not been conclusively explained; compare the similarly mysterious obsolete pronunciation of groat as /ɡɹɔːt/. ==== Adjective ==== broad (comparative broader, superlative broadest) Wide in extent or scope. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. May 12, 1860, Eliza Watson, Witches and witchcraft (in Once A Week, No. 46.) crushing the minds of its victims in the broad and open day Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. Plain; evident. General rather than specific. (writing) Unsubtle; obvious. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate. (of an accent) Strongly regional. (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized. ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “wide—regarding occupied space, width of an object”): thin, narrow (antonym(s) of “wide—regarding body width”): skinny (antonym(s) of “comprehensive”): all-encompassing; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive (antonym(s) of “not palatalized”): slender ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== broad (plural broads) (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders. (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656. (film, television) A kind of floodlight. (slang, archaic) A playing card. ===== Derived terms ===== Broadland (sense 1) broadsman Oulton Broad (sense 1) === Etymology 2 === Early 20th century, apparent phono-semantic matching of German Braut (“bride”, also “girlfriend”, and more generally “broad, young woman”). ==== Noun ==== broad (plural broads) (US, dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute (US, colloquial, slang, sometimes dated) A woman or girl. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:woman, Thesaurus:girl ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Appendix:English adjectives with derived terms in -en and -ness === References === === Anagrams === bardo, Broda, Board, Bardo, dobra, Borda, dorab, abord, Dobra, board, adorb == Bavarian == === Alternative forms === brad (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Vienna) broat (Tyrol) === Etymology === From Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz. Cognates include German breit, Yiddish ברייט (breyt), Dutch breed, Old Norse breiðr, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (braiþs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /b̥rɔɐ̯d̥/ === Adjective === broad (comparative broader, superlative broaderstn) (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian) broad, wide long (of a distance) == Breton == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === broad m (plural broiz) person from a country ==== Mutation ==== === Noun === broad f (plural broadoù) nation ==== Mutation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== broadel