brossa

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈbɾo̞.sə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈbɾɔ.sə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbɾɔ.sa] === Etymology 1 === Uncertain Possibly of pre-Roman (Celtic) origin; compare Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”). Possibly of Romance origin, from Old French broisse, from Vulgar Latin *bruscia (“shoots of a plant”), from Latin bruscum (“knot on a maple tree”). Or a Germanic language (Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰 (*brukja), presumably related to Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“fissure, breach”)). Also compare Spanish brocha (“paintbrush”). ==== Noun ==== brossa f (plural brosses) leaf litter brush, brushwood, scrub Synonyms: malesa, brolla speck litter, rubbish, trash Synonym: escombraries correu brossa ― junk mail (computing, colloquial) bug Synonym: error ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “brossa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “brossa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “brossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French brosse. ==== Noun ==== brossa f (plural brosses) bristle brush === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== brossa inflection of brossar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == French == === Verb === brossa third-person singular past historic of brosser