brok

From Middle Dutch broc (“broken piece”), from Old Dutch *bruk, from Proto-Germanic *brukka-, *brukiz (“breakable”).

• IPA^(key): /brɔk/

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• Hyphenation: brok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

brok m or n (plural brokken, diminutive brokje n)

1. A scrap, remnant of shattering.
2. (in the plural, informal) damage, harm, wreckage, pieces (as a consequence of an accident)
3. A lump, chunk, piece.
4. (in the plural) A dry, lumpy form of pet food.

• breken

• Negerhollands: broki, brokkie, brokkies
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: broki (archaic)

From Old Norse brók, from Proto-Germanic *brōks. Akin to English breeches.

• IPA^(key): /bruːk/

brok f (definite singular broka, indefinite plural brøker, definite plural brøkene)

1. (clothing) A pair of trousers, pants.

• “brok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• bork

Borrowed from German Brocken, from Middle High German brocke, from Old High German brocco, from Proto-Germanic *brukkô.

• IPA^(key): /brɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: brok
• Homophone: Brok

brok m inan

1. (hunting) birdshot, very fine hunting shot (small metal balls used as ammunition)

   Hypernym: śrut

• brok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Norse brók, cognate with Old English brōc (whence the English breech, breeches), Old High German bruoh (whence German Bruch) and Finnish ruoke (loanword).

brok f

1. A pair of trousers, pants.

From brok (“pied, motley colored”), from Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic *brōk-uhta- (“speckle, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁ǵ- (“to brighten”), thus related to Old Norse bjartr (“bright”). Compare other North Germanic forms brog(e), brok(e).

brok m

1. A variegated horse.

brok f

1. A variegated mare.
2. A variegated, multicolored fabric or cloth.

• broku (“variegated”)