brooch

== English == === Etymology === Variant of broach. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɹəʊtʃ/, (sometimes) /bɹuːt͡ʃ/ (US) enPR: brōch, IPA(key): /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/, /bɹut͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -əʊtʃ, -uːtʃ Homophone: broach === Noun === brooch (plural brooches) A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body. Synonym: breastpin Hypernym: pin A painting all of one colour, such as a sepia painting. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === brooch (third-person singular simple present brooches, present participle brooching, simple past and past participle brooched) (transitive) To adorn as with a brooch. === References === == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From the noun Brooch (“fallow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʀoːχ/ === Adjective === brooch (masculine broochen, neuter broocht, comparative méi brooch, superlative am broochsten) fallow ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== broochleeën broochleien