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)

   Hypernym: śrut

• brok in Polish dictionaries at PWN