Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brogan

/bɹˈoʊɡən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: bro-gan
IPA: /bɹˈoʊɡən/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A heavy working shoe; a brogue.

name

A surname from Irish.

name

A male given name.

name

A female given name.

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A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.

Example Sentences

"The wind gusted through, shivering me, so that my waterlogged brogans were like ice against my feet."
"Whoever's idea it was to depict Eddie Kendricks wearing an oversized orange sweater, baggy pants, and dull brown brogan loafers on the cover should have been fired."

Etymology

An alteration of brogue. Most dictionaries give the source as Irish *brógán (from bróg (“shoe”) + -án (diminutive suffix)) or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent, but no such word can be confirmed to exist in either language (apart from the given name Brógán, the source of the surname Brogan).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Ó Brógáin

Inflected Forms

brogans (plural)

Synonyms

brogue clodhopper work shoe

Rhymes With

logan slogan shogun rogan bogan grogan kogan cogan wogan dogan mogan gogan

Questions

How do you pronounce brogan?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹˈoʊɡən/.
What does brogan mean?: A heavy working shoe; a brogue.
Where does brogan come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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