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broche

French, noun

broche is spelled B-R-O-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Broche is a French feminine noun meaning “brooch, pin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of brocher. With an accent, broché is a different word: “paperback”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tige pointue que l’on passe au travers d’une volaille ou d’une pièce de viande que l’on souhaite faire rôtir…”.

What does broche mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebrooch, pin

  2. 2

    femininespit, skewer

    poulet à la broche

  3. 3

    femininespike, peg

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

adjective

as broché
  1. 1

    paperback

  2. 2

    brocaded

verb

as broché
  1. 1

    past participle of brocher

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Tige pointue que l’on passe au travers d’une volaille ou d’une pièce de viande que l’on souhaite faire rôtir, pour la faire tourner au-dessus de la flamme. 2. Tige de fer recevant la bobine dans les filatures. 3. Tige métallique utilisée en chirurgie pour consolider ou fixer un os fracturé, une articulation. 4. Long piton muni d’un anneau utilisé dans la neige et la glace, ou en escalade artificielle.

adjective: 1. Qui est broché, qui a une broche, qui est travaillé au brochoir. 2. Se dit d’un livre assemblé par collage de la tranche des feuillets au dos de sa couverture, qui est souple.

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 broche

  • broches plural
  • brochée feminine
  • brochés masculine plural
  • brochées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to broche

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is broche in French?

broche appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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