"broche" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: broches [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *brokkos Gaulish *brokkosbor.? Latin broccus Vulgar Latin brocca Old French broche French brochebor. English broche Borrowed from French broche. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:broche|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *brokkos Gaulish *brokkosbor.? Latin broccus Vulgar Latin brocca Old French broche French brochebor. English broche [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*brokkos", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Gaulish", "term" : "*brokkos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "cel-gau" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "broccus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "brocca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "broche", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "broche", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "broche", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="broche"> Borrowed from French broche. Head templates: {{en-noun}} broche (plural broches)
  1. Obsolete form of brooch. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: brooch
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: broches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} broche (plural broches)
  1. Alternative form of bracha. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bracha
    Sense id: en-broche-en-noun-JLPrDaNa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 71 22 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 2 12 2 2 2 0 7 2 7 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 2 6 11 2 2 2 14 2 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Forms: broches [present, singular, third-person], broching [participle, present], broched [participle, past], broched [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} broche (third-person singular simple present broches, present participle broching, simple past and past participle broched)
  1. Obsolete form of broach. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: broach
    Sense id: en-broche-en-verb-4byKPxad
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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