brossa

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Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾɔ.sə]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbɾɔ.sa]

Etymology 1[edit]

Uncertain

Possibly of pre-Roman (Celtic) origin; compare Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”).
Possibly of Romance origin, from Old French broisse, from Vulgar Latin *bruscia (“shoots of a plant”), from Latin bruscum (“knot on a maple tree”).^[1]
Or a Germanic language (Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰 (*brukja), presumably related to Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“fissure, breach”)).^[2]

Also compare Spanish brocha (“paintbrush”).

Noun[edit]

brossa f (plural brosses)

leaf litter
brush, brushwood, scrub
Synonyms: malesa, brolla
speck
litter, rubbish, trash
Synonym: escombraries

correu brossa ― junk mail
(computing, colloquial) bug
Synonym: error

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
^ “broza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading[edit]

“brossa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“brossa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“brossa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from French brosse.

Noun[edit]

brossa f (plural brosses)

bristle brush

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

brossa

inflection of brossar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

French[edit]

Verb[edit]

brossa

third-person singular past historic of brosser

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