Meanings
plural brooches
- A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
Synonyms: breastpin
present singular third person brooches · participle present brooching · participle past brooched · past brooched
- transitiveTo adorn as with a brooch.
Not the imperious show / Of the full-fortuned Caesar ever shall / Be brooch'd with me.
c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, act 4, scene 15, lines 23–25
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Variant of broach.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans borsspeld
- borsspeldjewellery with pin
Ancient Greek περόνη, πόρπη
- περόνη (perónē)jewellery with pin
- πόρπη (pórpē)jewellery with pin
Arabic بْرُوش, بْرُوش
- بْرُوش (brūš)jewellery with pin
- بْرُوش (broš)jewellery with pin
Bulgarian бро́шка
- бро́шка (bróška)jewellery with pin
Chinese Mandarin 胸針 /胸针, 別針 /别针
- 胸針 /胸针 (xiōngzhēn)jewellery with pin
- 別針 /别针 (biézhēn)jewellery with pin
- 領針 /领针 (lǐngzhēn)jewellery with pin
Czech brož, spona
- brožjewellery with pin
- sponajewellery with pin
- sponkajewellery with pin
Danish broche
- brochejewellery with pin
Dutch broche, speldje
- brochejewellery with pin
- speldjejewellery with pin
Esperanto broĉo
- broĉojewellery with pin
Finnish rintaneula
- rintaneulajewellery with pin
French broche
- brochejewellery with pin
German Brosche
- Broschejewellery with pin
Greek πόρπη
- πόρπη (pórpi)jewellery with pin
Hungarian bross, melltű
- brossjewellery with pin
- melltűjewellery with pin
- brosstűjewellery with pin
Italian spilla
- spillajewellery with pin
Japanese ブローチ
- ブローチ (burōchi)jewellery with pin
Korean 브로치
- 브로치 (beurochi)jewellery with pin
Latin fībula
- fībulajewellery with pin
Malay kerongsang
- kerongsangjewellery with pin
Māori pine, toromoka
- pinejewellery with pin
- toromokajewellery with pin
Norwegian brosje
- brosjejewellery with pin
Polish broszka, brosza
- broszkajewellery with pin
- broszajewellery with pin
Portuguese broche
- brochejewellery with pin
Russian бро́шка, брошь
- бро́шка (bróška)jewellery with pin
- брошь (brošʹ)jewellery with pin
Slovak spona, brošňa
- sponajewellery with pin
- brošňajewellery with pin
Spanish broche
- brochejewellery with pin
Swedish brosch
- broschjewellery with pin
Tagalog brotse
- brotsejewellery with pin
Thai เข็มกลัด
- เข็มกลัด (kěm-glàt)jewellery with pin
Turkish broş
- broşjewellery with pin
Ukrainian бро́шка
- бро́шка (bróška)jewellery with pin
Vietnamese trâm, trâm gài đầu
- trâmjewellery with pin
- trâm gài đầujewellery with pin
- thoajewellery with pin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with brooch
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Cite this entry
brooch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brooch
“brooch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brooch. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brooch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brooch.
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