broth

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). Akin to Old English breowan (“to brew”), equivalent to brew +‎ -th (abstract nominal suffix). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /bɹɔθ/, enPR: brôth (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɹɑθ/, enPR: brŏth (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹɒθ/, enPR: brŏth Rhymes: -ɒθ === Noun === broth (countable and uncountable, plural broths) (uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled. Synonyms: bouillon, liquor, pot liquor, stock (countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Irish: brat → Scottish Gaelic: brot ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== dashi souse stock === Anagrams === Borth, throb == Irish == === Noun === broth m (genitive singular brotha) alternative form of bruth (“heat; rash, eruption; nap, pile, covering”) ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “broth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English broþ, from Proto-West Germanic *broþ, from Proto-Germanic *bruþą, ==== Alternative forms ==== broð, broththe, brotthe, broþ, broþþe ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /brɔθ/ ==== Noun ==== broth (plural brothes) broth (water in which food or other matter has been boiled) ===== Descendants ===== English: broth→ Irish: brat→ Scottish Gaelic: brot Scots: broth ===== References ===== “broth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 December 2018. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old Norse bráðr (“hasty”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþaz (“rushed”); compare breth (“breath”), brewen. ==== Alternative forms ==== broþe brath, braith, braþe, braythe (Northern); braþ (Ormulum) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /brɔ̝ːθ/ IPA(key): /braːθ/ (Northern) ==== Adjective ==== broth (Northern or North Midland) Violent, ferocious, irate. (rare) Sudden, hasty, quick. ===== Related terms ===== bratthe brethe brothly ===== References ===== “brōth, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Old Norse bráð (“haste”), from bráðr (“hasty”); see above. ==== Alternative forms ==== brothe braith, brath, brathe (Northern) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /brɔ̝ːθ/ IPA(key): /braːθ/ (Northern) ==== Noun ==== broth (plural *brothes) (Northern or North Midland) Violence, unruliness. Wrath, anger, rage. A violent or unruly individual ===== References ===== “bratthe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “brōth, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “brath, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.