How do you pronounce brough?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹʌf/.

brough

/ˈbɹʌf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: brough
IPA: /ˈbɹʌf/

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A habitational surname from Old English.

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Example Sentences

"[…] about the moon , called a brough, stormy weather is looked for within twenty-four hours; hence it is said, "a far off brough and a near hand storm." If small floating white clouds appear, which are called cat hair, rain is[…]"
"The corona or brough occurs when the sun or moon is seen through a thin cirro-stratus cloud, the portion of the cloud more immediately around the sun or moon appearing much lighter than the rest."
"The County Antrim farmers say that bad weather may be expected whenever the new moon appears "on her back, with the new moon in her arms, and a brough round her," meaning by this the appearance[…]"
"Swainson, in his Weather Folklore, quotes: About the moon there is a brough, The weather will be cauld and rough."
"... broughs which appeared around the moon […]"

Etymology

From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: burh

Usage

Inflected Forms

Broughs (plural) Bruff (alternative)

Phrases

Brough and Shatton Brough-on-Humber Brough-on-Noe Brough with St Giles Elloughton-cum-Brough

Synonyms

Brough-on-Noe Brough-on-Humber

Rhymes With

how now allow wow bow thou cow dow mao vow brow howe

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How to pronounce brough