broth

broth

See also: broþ

English

Etymology

From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). Akin to Old English breowan (“to brew”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹɔθ/, enPR: brôth
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) 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)

1. (uncountable) Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.

   Synonyms: bouillon, liquor, pot liquor, stock

2. (countable) A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat.

Derived terms

• broth of a boy
• Scotch broth
• too many cooks spoil the broth

 

Related terms

• barley-bree
• brew
• brewis
• brose
• court bouillon
• juice
• supper

 

Translations

water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled

Afrikaans: bouillon Albanian: supë (sq) Arabic: مَرَق‎ m (maraq) Armenian: արգանակ (hy) (arganak) Azerbaijani: bulyon Bashkir: һурпа (hurpa) Basque: salda Bulgarian: бульон m (buljon) Catalan: brou (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 肉湯 (zh) (ròutāng) Czech: vývar m Dalmatian: bruod m Dutch: bouillon (nl) n Esperanto: buljono Estonian: puljong Finnish: liemi (fi) French: bouillon (fr) m Galician: caldo (gl) m German: Brühe (de) f Greek: ζωμός (el) m (zomós) Hebrew: מָרָק‎ (he) m (marák) Icelandic: seyði (is) n Ido: buliono (io)

Indonesian: kaldus Irish: anraith m Italian: brodo (it) m, bollito (it) m Japanese: だし (ja) (dashi), ブイヨン (buiyon), ストック (ja) (sutokku), 煮汁 (にじる, nijiru), ブロス (burosu) Korean: 국물 (ko) (gungmul) Latin: sorbitiō f Luxembourgish: Britt f Macedonian: бујо́н m (bujón) Malay: kaldu Maltese: brodu f Norman: bouôillon m Polish: rosół (pl), bulion (pl) m Portuguese: caldo (pt) Romanian: supă (ro) Russian: бульо́н (ru) m (bulʹón), отва́р (ru) m (otvár) (also plant or root broth often with medicinal qualities) Scottish Gaelic: brot m Spanish: caldo (es) m Swedish: buljong (sv), spad (sv) n Turkish: et suyu (tr) Ukrainian: бульйо́н (uk) m (bulʹjón), відва́р m (vidvár) Uzbek: sho'rva (uz) Vietnamese: canh (vi) Welsh: cawl (cy) m Yiddish: יויך‎ f (yoykh)

soup made from broth

Armenian: արգանակ (hy) (arganak) Bashkir: һурпа (hurpa) Bulgarian: бульон m (buljon) Catalan: brou (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 肉湯 (zh) (ròutāng) Czech: vývar m Dutch: consommé (nl) m, bouillonsoep (nl) m or f Finnish: keitto (fi) French: bouillon (fr) m, soupe (fr) f German: Brühe (de) f, Suppe (de) f Hungarian: húsleves (hu) Irish: anraith m

Italian: zuppa (it) f, minestra (it) f, brodo (it) m Japanese: スープ (ja) (sūpu), ブロス (burosu) Korean: 국물 (ko) (gungmul) Latin: iūs (la) n Macedonian: супа f (supa) Maori: wairenga Norman: bouôillon m Polish: rosół (pl) m, bulion (pl) m Portuguese: brodo (pt) m Russian: суп (ru) m (sup), бульо́н (ru) m (bulʹón), похлёбка (ru) f (poxljóbka) Scottish Gaelic: brot m Welsh: cawl (cy) m

See also

• dashi
• souse
• stock

Descendants

• → Scottish Gaelic: brot

Anagrams

• Borth, throb

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Irish

Noun

broth m (genitive singular brotha)

1. Alternative form of bruth (“heat; rash, eruption; nap, pile, covering”)

Declension

Declension of broth

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative broth Vocative a bhroth Genitive brotha Dative broth

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an broth Genitive an bhrotha Dative leis an mbroth don bhroth

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
broth	bhroth	mbroth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "broth" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• broð, broþ, brotthe, broþþe, broththe

Etymology

From Old English broþ, from Proto-Germanic *bruþą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɔθ/

Noun

broth (plural brothes)

1. Water which something (usually food) has been boiled in; broth.

Descendants

• English: broth
  • → Scottish Gaelic: brot
• Scots: broth

References

• “broth (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-09.