brosse

See also: brossé

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

brosse

  1. Inflected form of bros

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French broche, broisse, from Vulgar Latin *bruscia from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (underbrush), from Proto-Indo-European *bhreus- (to swell, sprout). Akin to Old High German brusk ("bud, sprout, sapling"; > German Brüsch (broom, brushwood)), Middle High German bürste "brush", Old English byrst "bristle", Middle High German broz "a bud, shoot". More at bristle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁɔs/
  • (file)

Noun

brosse f (plural brosses)

  1. brush (the implement)
  2. crew cut
    Haha! Tu t'es fait une brosse, tu t'es cru en 1982 ou quoi ?

Derived terms

Verb

brosse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of brosser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of brosser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of brosser
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of brosser
  5. second-person singular imperative of brosser

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Interlingue

Noun

brosse

  1. brush
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