"brousse" meaning in French

See brousse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʁus/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-brousse.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-brousse.wav [France] (note: Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-brousse.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-brousse.wav [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-brousse.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-brousse.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: brousses [plural]
Rhymes: -us Etymology: Borrowed from Occitan brossa, of the same pre-Roman origin as brocciu. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|oc|brossa}} Borrowed from Occitan brossa, {{doublet|fr|brocciu|notext=1}} brocciu Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|~}} brousse f (countable and uncountable, plural brousses)
  1. bush, outback (wild area away from urban area) Tags: countable, feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brousse-fr-noun-bWy~LG0X
  2. a kind of fresh cheese from Provence, made mainly from whey Tags: countable, feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brousse-fr-noun-O18-UtfK Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Cheeses Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Cheeses: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: broussaille, broussard, pilote de brousse

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "broussaille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "broussard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pilote de brousse"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "brossa",
      "brossa#Occitan"
    ],
    [
      "brocciu",
      "brocciu#French"
    ]
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      },
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    },
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        "notext": "1"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "brousses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "bush, outback (wild area away from urban area)"
      ],
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        [
          "bush",
          "bush"
        ],
        [
          "outback",
          "outback"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "14 86",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "14 86",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "34 66",
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          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Cheeses",
          "orig": "fr:Cheeses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "a kind of fresh cheese from Provence, made mainly from whey"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "cheese",
          "cheese"
        ],
        [
          "Provence",
          "Provence"
        ],
        [
          "whey",
          "whey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "feminine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bʁus/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-us"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
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        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
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        "France"
      ]
    },
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        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
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      "note": "Somain",
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      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French doublets",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Occitan",
    "French terms derived from Occitan",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/us",
    "Rhymes:French/us/1 syllable",
    "fr:Cheeses"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "broussaille"
    },
    {
      "word": "broussard"
    },
    {
      "word": "pilote de brousse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "brossa",
      "brossa#Occitan"
    ],
    [
      "brocciu",
      "brocciu#French"
    ]
  ],
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        "2": "oc",
        "3": "brossa"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "brocciu",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "brocciu",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brousses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "bush, outback (wild area away from urban area)"
      ],
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        [
          "bush",
          "bush"
        ],
        [
          "outback",
          "outback"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "feminine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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        [
          "cheese",
          "cheese"
        ],
        [
          "Provence",
          "Provence"
        ],
        [
          "whey",
          "whey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "feminine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/bʁus/"
    },
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      ]
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brousse"
}

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