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broth
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See also: broþ
English
Etymology
From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). Akin to Old English breowan (“to brew”), equivalent to brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɹɔθ/, enPR: brôth
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɹɑθ/, enPR: brŏth
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹɒθ/, enPR: brŏth
- Rhymes: -ɒθ
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Noun
broth (countable and uncountable, plural broths)
- (uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
- Synonyms: bouillon, liquor, pot liquor, stock
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 102:
- A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an effective aphrodisiac.
- (countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Scottish Gaelic: brot
Translations
water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled
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soup made from broth
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Irish
Noun
broth m (genitive singular brotha)
- alternative form of bruth (“heat; rash, eruption; nap, pile, covering”)
Declension
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “broth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English broþ.
Pronunciation
Noun
broth (plural brothes)
Descendants
References
- “broth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 December 2018.
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