brochant
French, adjective/bʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/
brochant is spelled B-R-O-C-H-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brochant is a French adjective meaning “Having a charge overlying a semé field, or generally any charge overall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of brocher. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Peint ou passant par dessus d’un coté de l’écu à l’autre”.
What does brochant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Having a charge overlying a semé field, or generally any charge overall
verb
- 1
present participle of brocher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Peint ou passant par dessus d’un coté de l’écu à l’autre.
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 brochant
- brochante feminine
- brochants masculine plural
- brochantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brochant?
- /bʁɔ.ʃɑ̃/
- \bʁɔ.ʃɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brochant in French?
brochant appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).