brosse
See also: brossé
Dutch
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Adjective
editbrosse
- inflection of bros:
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French brosse, from Old French broche, broisse, from Vulgar Latin *brustia, *bruscia, from Frankish *brusti, a metathetic variant of *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), or alternatively from Frankish *brusk, from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz (“tuft, underbrush”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrosse f (plural brosses)
- brush (the implement)
- crew cut
- Haha! Tu t’es fait une brosse, tu t’es cru en 1982 ou quoi ?
- Ha ha! You've got a crew cut; what do you think it is, 1982?
Derived terms
editVerb
editbrosse
- inflection of brosser:
Further reading
edit- “brosse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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