brocher
French, verb/bʁɔ.ʃe/
brocher is spelled B-R-O-C-H-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brocher is a French verb meaning “to stitch, sew (together)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Garnir de fils d’or ou de soie qui forment des dessins”.
What does brocher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stitch, sew (together)
- 2
to brocade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Garnir de fils d’or ou de soie qui forment des dessins. 2. Assembler et plier les feuilles d’un livre de manière que les pages se suivent, puis les coudre ensemble avec de la ficelle ou du fil passé dans la marge intérieure, et les couvrir d’un papier de couleur ou autre. 3. Façonner à la hâte. 4. Agrafer.
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 brocher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- brochant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- broché participle past
- broche first-person indicative present
- broches indicative present second-person
- brochons first-person indicative plural
- brochez indicative plural present
- brochent indicative plural present
- brochais first-person imperfect indicative
- brochait imperfect indicative singular
- brochions first-person imperfect indicative
- brochiez imperfect indicative plural
- brochaient imperfect indicative plural
- brochai first-person historic indicative
- brochas historic indicative past
- brocha historic indicative past
- brochâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brocher?
- /bʁɔ.ʃe/
- \bʁɔ.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brocher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brocher in French?
brocher appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).