broc
French, noun/bʁo/
broc is spelled B-R-O-C (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Broc is a French masculine noun meaning “ewer, pitcher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Récipient portatif d’une assez grande capacité, communément de bois, garni de cercles de fer ou de cuivre…”.
What does broc mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineewer, pitcher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Récipient portatif d’une assez grande capacité, communément de bois, garni de cercles de fer ou de cuivre, qui a une anse et un bec évasé et dont on se sert ordinairement pour tirer ou transporter de l’eau ou du vin. 2. Ce qu’un broc peut contenir. 3. Cruche en métal servant dans les cantines pour l’eau.
noun: 1. Mot utilisé dans la locution de bric et de broc.
noun: 1. Utilisé uniquement dans l'expression passer de broc en bouche, qui signifie sans délais, sans transition.
noun: 1. Brocanteur ; brocanteuse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of broc
- brocs plural
- broc’
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce broc?
- /bʁo/
- /bʁɔ/
- /bʁɔk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to broc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is broc in French?
broc appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).