broad

Betekenis

Adj

1. Wide in extent or scope.
2. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
3. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
4. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
5. Plain; evident.
6. General rather than specific.
7. Unsubtle; obvious.
8. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
9. Gross; coarse; indelicate.
10. Strongly regional.
11. Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

Noun

1. A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
2. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
3. A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
4. A kind of floodlight.
5. (slang) A playing card.

Noun

1. A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
2. (colloquial,slang) A woman or girl.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bɹɔːd/

Etymologie

From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots braid (“broad”), West Frisian breed (“broad”), Saterland Frisian breed (“broad”), Low German breed (“broad”), breet, Dutch breed (“broad”), German breit (“broad, wide”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål bred (“broad”), Norwegian brei (“broad”), Icelandic breiður (“broad, wide”).

Zinnen

This role was a broad parody of the fascist then-dictator of Italy , Benito Mussolini .

Deze rol was een brede parodie op de fascistische toenmalige dictator van Italië, Benito Mussolini.