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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹɪkəbɹæk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɹɪkəˌbɹæk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bric-a-brac.wav Forms: bric-a-bracs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French bric-à-brac (“miscellaneous items of little value”), apparently from à bricq et à bracq (“at random; haphazardly”); bricq and bracq are expressive onomatopoeias of obscure origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bric-à-brac|t=miscellaneous items of little value}} French bric-à-brac (“miscellaneous items of little value”), {{glossary|onomatopoeia}} onomatopoeia, {{onomatopoeic|en|title=onomatopoeias}} onomatopoeias Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} bric-a-brac (usually uncountable, plural bric-a-bracs), {{term-label|en|also|attributively}} (also attributively)
  1. Small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value. Tags: also, attributive, uncountable, usually Synonyms: brickety-brack, knick-knacks, trinket Translations (small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value): aĵetoj (Esperanto), krääsä (Finnish), rihkama (Finnish), bric-à-brac [masculine] (French), Schnickschnack [masculine] (German), Krimskrams [masculine] (German), μπιχλιμπίδι (bichlimpídi) [neuter] (Greek), csecsebecse (Hungarian), bric-a-brac [masculine] (Italian), cianfrusaglie [feminine, plural] (Italian), ciarpame [masculine] (Italian), paccottaglia [feminine] (Italian), 瓦落多 (Japanese), 我楽多 (Japanese), 瓦落苦多 (Japanese), がらくた (Japanese), ガラクタ (garakuta) (Japanese), bambetle [informal, masculine, plural] (Polish), bibeloty [masculine, plural] (Polish), bricabraque [masculine] (Portuguese), porcariada [feminine] (Portuguese), quinquilharia [feminine] (Portuguese), брѝк-а-бра́к (brìk-a-brák) [masculine] (Russian), tingeltangel [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bric-a-brac-en-noun-eeBZYafn Categories (other): English apophonic reduplications, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value': 76 24
  2. (by extension) Any collection containing a variety of miscellaneous items; a hodgepodge, an olio. Tags: also, attributive, broadly, uncountable, usually Synonyms: mishmash, oddments, hodgepodge
    Sense id: en-bric-a-brac-en-noun-8NTd6unA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bricabrac, bric-à-brac, brick-a-brack Derived forms: bric-a-bracker [rare], bric-a-brackery, bric-a-bracquerie, brickety-brack

Noun [Italian]

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  1. bric-a-brac Tags: invariable, masculine Synonyms: cianfrusaglia, ciarpame, paccottaglia

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1861 January – 1862 August, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “In which Philip Shows His Mettle”, in The Adventures of Philip on His Way through the World; […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 299:",
          "text": "No doubt her pleasure would have been at that moment to give him not only that gold which she had been saving up against rent-day, but the spoons, the furniture, and all the valuables of the house, including, perhaps, J. J.'s bricabrac, cabinets, china, and so forth.",
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          "ref": "1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LXVII, in Daniel Deronda, volume IV, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book VIII (Fruit and Seed), page 314:",
          "text": "Haven't an affair in the world, […] except a quarrel with a bric-à-brac man.",
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          "ref": "1882–1883, Walt Whitman, “[Collect. Notes Left Over.] Emerson’s Books, (the Shadows of Them).”, in Specimen Days & Collect, Philadelphia, Pa.: Rees Welsh & Co., […], →OCLC, page 320:",
          "text": "Indeed, who wants the real animal or hunter? What would that do amid astral and bric-a-brac and tapestry, and ladies and gentlemen talking in subdued tones of [Robert] Browning and [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow and art?",
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          "ref": "2023 September 22, HarryBlank, “Off Track”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-05-25:",
          "text": "\"Well, mi casa su casa,\" said Corbin as they rounded the final bend. They were standing in a cozy maintenance alcove with a sleeping roll on a memory foam mattress on the floor, a series of labelled duffel bags, a space heater and dehumidifier locked in eternal stalemate, a card table and two chairs, and a wide variety of bric-a-brac. There were safety and information posters on the walls, rips and creases showing that they'd been liberated from their original points of fixture. There were photographs mac-tac'd to conduits and concrete. There was even a sad little pot plant beneath a slowly leaking pipe — pot pot, Udo realized, and she almost smiled.",
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      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "word": "aĵetoj"
    },
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      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Schnickschnack"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Krimskrams"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "word": "csecsebecse"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bric-a-brac"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cianfrusaglie"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciarpame"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paccottaglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "word": "瓦落多"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "word": "我楽多"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "word": "瓦落苦多"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "word": "がらくた"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "garakuta",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "word": "ガラクタ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bambetle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bibeloty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bricabraque"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcariada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quinquilharia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brìk-a-brák",
      "sense": "small ornaments and other miscellaneous items of little value",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брѝк-а-бра́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tingeltangel"
    }
  ],
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}

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