broos

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /broːs/ Hyphenation: broos Rhymes: -oːs === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch broosch. Cognate with Middle Low German brôsch, Old Norse breyskr, both “brittle”. Apparently from a Proto-Germanic *brauskiz (or *brauskaz). Perhaps related with Dutch verbrijzelen, German zerbröseln, English bruise. The Dutch inflected form should be *brose, but was voiced by analogy (cf. vlezig). ==== Adjective ==== broos (comparative brozer, superlative meest broos or broost) (literally) alternative form of bros (“brittle”) (figuratively) weak, fragile, vulnerable (figuratively) perishable, short-lived, fading ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== broosheid ===== Descendants ===== → Papiamentu: bròs → Sranan Tongo: brosu === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== broos f (plural brozen, diminutive broosje n) (obsolete) cothurnus ===== Synonyms ===== toneellaars