brogue
UK/ˈbɹəʊ̯ɡ//ˈbɹoʊ̯ɡ/
brogue noun: a strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.
Noun
brogue (plural brogues)
- A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.
- I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue, although not much of it.1978, Louis L'Amour, Fair Blows the Wind, Bantam Books, page 62
- “No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue.2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest, Random House, page 187
- A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
- He had one pair of brogues and the soles were in a miserable state.2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 161
- Synonyms:
- brogan
- A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
Verb (1)
brogue (third-person singular simple present brogues, present participle broguing or brogueing, simple past and past participle brogued)
Verb (2)
brogue (third-person singular simple present brogues, present participle broguing, simple past and past participle brogued)
- to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.
Proper noun capitalized: Brogue
Brogue
brogue meaning in Tamil and Kannada
brogue in Tamil
- பதனிடாத தோல், கரட்டுக் காலணி, பதனிடப்படாத தோல்
brogue in Kannada
- ಆಡುನುಡಿ
Examples of brogue in a sentence
- Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos.2017 April 5, Emily Dreyfuss, “That Cool Dialect on The Expanse Mashes Up 6 Languages”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2022:
- his brooding good looks and distinct Scottish brogue won him legions of fans worldwide.2020 November 1, Alan Young, “Sean Connery obituary: From delivering milk in Fountainbridge to the definitive James Bond”, in The Scotsman:
Synonyms of brogue
Forms of brogue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | brogues |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | brogues |
| present participle | broguing |
| present participle | brogueing |
| past participle | brogued |
| past | brogued |
Origin of brogue
Borrowed from Irish bróg (“boot, shoe”), from Old Irish bróc (“shoe, greave, legging, hose, breeches”), likely from Old Norse brók (“breeches”), from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“breeches”). The "accent" sense may instead be derived from Irish barróg (“a hold (on the tongue)”).
Possibly from French brouiller.
Words formed from brogue
Words that rhyme with brogue
Questions about brogue
- What does brogue mean?
- Brogue means a strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.
- What is brogue in Tamil?
- Brogue in Tamil is பதனிடாத தோல், கரட்டுக் காலணி, பதனிடப்படாத தோல். See Brogue meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use brogue in a sentence?
- Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos.
- What part of speech is brogue?
- Brogue can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce brogue?
- Brogue is pronounced /ˈbɹəʊ̯ɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of brogue?
- The plural of brogue is brogues.
Words near brogue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brogue (page history and authors); Brogue (page history and authors); brogue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brogue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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