"bric-à-brac" meaning in All languages combined

See bric-à-brac on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bric-à-bracs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s|head=bric-à-brac}} bric-à-brac (usually uncountable, plural bric-à-bracs)
  1. Alternative form of bric-a-brac Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: bric-a-brac
    Sense id: en-bric-à-brac-en-noun-UYF4PO-G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [French]

IPA: /bʁi.ka.bʁak/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-bric-à-brac.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-bric-à-brac.wav
Etymology: Apparently from à bricq et à bracq (“at random; haphazardly”); bricq and bracq are expressive onomatopoeias of obscure origin; possibly from Germanic. Compare bricolage. First attested in the c. 1500s. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|fr|title=onomatopoeias}} onomatopoeias, {{unknown|fr|obscure origin}} obscure origin, {{der|fr|gem}} Germanic, {{etydate/the|c. 1500s}} the c. 1500s, {{etydate|c. 1500s}} First attested in the c. 1500s Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|-}} bric-à-brac m (uncountable)
  1. miscellaneous items, bric-a-brac Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bric-à-brac-fr-noun-6-DMWB3z Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French onomatopoeias, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of French onomatopoeias: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. storeroom Tags: masculine, uncountable Synonyms: débarras
    Sense id: en-bric-à-brac-fr-noun-7O08SoiE

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bric-à-brac [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un bric-à-brac [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], bric-à-bracul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], bric-à-brac [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui bric-à-brac [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], bric-à-bracului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], bric-à-bracule [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French bric-à-brac. Etymology templates: {{ubor|ro|fr|bric-à-brac}} Unadapted borrowing from French bric-à-brac Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|-}} bric-à-brac n (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=n|gpd=bric-à-bracelor|gpi=bric-à-brace|gsd=bric-à-bracului|gsi=bric-à-brac|n=sg|npd=bric-à-bracele|npi=bric-à-brace|nsd=bric-à-bracul|nsi=bric-à-brac|vp=bric-à-bracelor|vs=bric-à-bracule}}
  1. bric-a-brac shop Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bric-à-brac-ro-noun-~A~jT3Rb Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "bric-à-bracului",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bric-à-bracule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "n",
        "2": "-"
      },
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      "name": "ro-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "gpd": "bric-à-bracelor",
        "gpi": "bric-à-brace",
        "gsd": "bric-à-bracului",
        "gsi": "bric-à-brac",
        "n": "sg",
        "npd": "bric-à-bracele",
        "npi": "bric-à-brace",
        "nsd": "bric-à-bracul",
        "nsi": "bric-à-brac",
        "vp": "bric-à-bracelor",
        "vs": "bric-à-bracule"
      },
      "name": "ro-decl-noun-single"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian multiword terms",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "Romanian terms spelled with À",
        "Romanian terms spelled with ◌̀",
        "Romanian unadapted borrowings from French",
        "Romanian uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bric-a-brac shop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bric-a-brac",
          "bric-a-brac"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bric-à-brac"
}

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  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Romanian]; cleaned text: n gender",
  "path": [
    "bric-à-brac"
  ],
  "section": "Romanian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bric-à-brac",
  "trace": ""
}

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