brusc
French, noun/bʁysk/
brusc is spelled B-R-U-S-C (5 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brusc is a French masculine noun meaning “butcher's broom (and other plants in the genus Ruscus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des anciens noms vernaculaires du fragon”.
What does brusc mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinebutcher's broom (and other plants in the genus Ruscus)
- 2
masculinea type of heather used in making brooms
- 3
datedmasculinegorse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un des anciens noms vernaculaires du fragon. 2. Un des noms vernaculaires de la bruyère à balais. 3. Un des anciens noms vernaculaires d'un ajonc ou d'un genet épineux.
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 brusc
- bruscs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brusc?
- /bʁysk/
- \bʁysk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is brusc in French?
brusc appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).