brocciu
French, noun/bʁɔt.ʃju/
brocciu is spelled B-R-O-C-C-I-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brocciu is a French masculine noun meaning “brocciu (Corsican cheese)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fromage frais de lactosérum de Corse, à base de lait de brebis ou de chèvre”.
What does brocciu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrocciu (Corsican cheese)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fromage frais de lactosérum de Corse, à base de lait de brebis ou de chèvre.
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 brocciu
- broccius plural
- bruccio alternative
- broccio
- brucciu
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brocciu?
- /bʁɔt.ʃju/
- \bʁɔ.tʃju\
- [bʁɔ.tʃiu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brocciu in French?
brocciu appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).