broc

See also: broć, bróc, and bróć

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɾɔk]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin broccus.

Noun

broc m (plural brocs)

1. spout
2. stick
3. trifle
4. (in the plural) excuses, pretexts

   No fotem, que no estic per brocs. ― Let's not fuck around, I'm not in the mood for excuses.

Synonyms

• (excuse): romanço

Related terms

• broca

Further reading

• “broc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “broc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “broc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

broc

1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of brocar

French

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Old Provençal broc, related to Italian brocca (“jug”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁo/

  • Audio (France (Lyon)):

    (file)

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
• IPA^(key): /bʁɔk/ (nonstandard, but sometimes heard; compare croc)

  • Audio (France (Vosges)):

    (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o, -ɔ, -ɔk

Noun

broc m (plural brocs)

1. ewer, pitcher

Further reading

• “broc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• broc (récipient) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr