brossa

Catalan

Etymology

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)).[2]

Also compare Spanish brocha (“paintbrush”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔ.sə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔ.sa/

Noun

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

brossam
brossar
brossella
brossós

References

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

“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, 2023

French

Verb

brossa

third-person singular past historic of brosser

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