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noun, feminine

broche

/bʁɔʃ/

noun, feminine/bʁɔʃ/plural: broches

brooch, pin; spit, skewer; spike, peg

poulet à la brochechicken on the spit

Inherited from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin brocca (“spike”), feminine substantive of Classical Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed or prominent-toothed”), ultimately from Gaulish, compare Old Irish brog (“awl”).