brochure

brochure

English

Etymology

1748, from French brochure (“stitched work”), from brocher (“to stitch”), from Old French brochier (“to pierce”), from broche (“awl”), from Vulgar Latin brocca, from Latin broccus (“pointy-toothed”). Cognate to broach.[1]

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, /bɹoʊˈʃɝ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹəʊ.ʃə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

brochure (plural brochures)

1. A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.

   have a look in the Vans brochure for a new vacuum cleaner

Derived terms

• e-brochure

Translations

booklet of printed informational matter

Albanian: broshurë (sq) f Arabic: كُرَّاسَة‎ (kurrāsa), كُتَيِّب‎ m (kutayyib) Armenian: գրքույկ (hy) (grkʿuyk), բրոշյուր (hy) (brošyur) Azerbaijani: broşüra, kitabça Belarusian: брашу́ра f (brašúra), памфле́т m (pamfljét), букле́т m (bukljét) Bulgarian: брошу́ра (bg) f (brošúra), памфле́т (bg) m (pamflét) Catalan: fullet (ca) m, opuscle (ca) m, prospecte (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 小冊子／小册子 (zh) (xiǎocèzi) Czech: brožura (cs) f Danish: brochure c Dutch: brochure (nl) f Esperanto: broŝuro Estonian: brošüür (et) Finnish: esite French: brochure (fr) f Georgian: ბროშურა (brošura) German: Broschüre (de) f Hebrew: עָלוֹן‎ (he) m (alón), חוֹבֶרֶת‎ (he) f (khoverét), סִפְרוֹן‎ (he) m (sifrón) Hindi: विवरण (hi) m (vivraṇ), ब्रोशर m (brośar) Hungarian: ismertető (hu), brosúra (hu) Icelandic: bæklingur (is) m Ido: broshuro (io) Indonesian: brosur (id) Irish: bróisiúr Italian: opuscolo m Japanese: 小冊子 (ja) (しょうさっし, shōsasshi), 小冊 (しょうさつ, shōsatsu), パンフレット (ja) (panfuretto) Kazakh: кітапша (kk) (kıtapşa), брошюра (broşüra) Korean: 소책자(小冊子) (ko) (sochaekja), 팸플릿 (ko) (paempeullit) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: broşur (ku), risale (ku), namilke (ku) Kyrgyz: брошюра (broşyura), китепче (kitepçe) Latvian: brošūra f Lithuanian: brošiūra f, knygelė f Macedonian: брошу́ра f (brošúra), памфлет m (pamflet) Malay: brosur, risalah Maori: puka whakaatu, puka whakamōhio, mātārere Mongolian: Cyrillic: товхимол (mn) (tovximol), брошюр (brošur) Norwegian: Bokmål: brosjyre m Nynorsk: brosjyre m Pashto: رساله‎ (ps) f (resāla) Persian: بروشور‎ (fa) (brošur), کتابچه‎ (fa) (ketâbče), رساله‎ (fa) (resâle) Polish: broszura (pl) f, ulotka (pl) f Portuguese: brochura f, panfleto (pt) m, folheto (pt) m Romanian: broșură (ro) f Russian: брошю́ра (ru) f (brošúra), букле́т (ru) m (buklét), проспе́кт (ru) m (prospékt), памфле́т (ru) m (pamflét), кни́жка (ru) f (knížka), кни́жечка (ru) f (knížečka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: брошу́ра f Roman: brošúra (sh) f Slovak: brožúra f Slovene: brošura f Spanish: folleto (es) m Swedish: broschyr (sv) c Tagalog: muntaklat Tajik: рисола (risola), китобча (kitobča), брошюра (tg) (brošyura) Thai: โบรชัวร์ (th) (broo-chuua), จุลสาร (th) (jun-lá-sǎan) Turkish: broşür (tr), kitapçık (tr), risale (tr) Turkmen: kitapça, broşýura (tk) Ukrainian: брошу́ра (uk) f (brošúra), памфле́т m (pamflét), букле́т m (buklét) Uyghur: براشۇرا‎ (brashura), كىتابچە‎ (kitabche) Uzbek: broshyura (uz), risola (uz), kitobcha Vietnamese: cuốn sách nhỏ Volapük: brojür West Frisian: brosjuere

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• flier, flyer
• handbill
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphlet
• prospectus

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “brochure”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brochure.

Noun

brochure c (singular definite brochuren, plural indefinite brochurer)

1. brochure, pamphlet

Declension

Declension of brochure

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brochure	brochuren	brochurer	brochurerne
genitive	brochures	brochurens	brochurers	brochurernes

References

• “brochure” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brochure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbrɔˈʃyː.rə/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bro‧chu‧re
• Rhymes: -yːrə

Noun

brochure f (plural brochures, diminutive brochuretje n)

1. A brochure, a booklet

Descendants

• → Indonesian: brosur

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French

Etymology

From brocher +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ.ʃyʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: brochures
• Rhymes: -yʁ

Noun

brochure f (plural brochures)

1. brocade
2. needlework
3. brochure, booklet, pamphlet

Descendants

• → Danish: brochure
• → Dutch: brochure
  • → Indonesian: brosur
• → English: brochure
• → Polish: broszura
• → Romanian: broșură
• → Turkish: broşür

Further reading

• “brochure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.