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My flat is a bit like an oriental bazaar. It's filled with the oddest objects from all my travels, and you can't really move in it. I love collecting antiques and often spend weekends driving around bric-a-brac markets.
Mark Shand

Meaning of "bric-a-brac" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRIC-A-BRAC

From French; phrase based on bric piece.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BRIC-A-BRAC

bric-a-brac  [ˈbrɪkəˌbræk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRIC-A-BRAC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bric-A-Brac is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRIC-A-BRAC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Bric-à-brac

Bric-à-brac or Bric-a-brac, first used in the Victorian era, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curios, such as elaborately decorated teacups and small vases, compositions of feathers or wax flowers under glass domes, decorated eggshells, porcelain figurines, painted miniatures or photographs in stand-up frames, and so on. In middle-class homes bric-à-brac was used as ornament on mantelpieces, cluttered tables, and shelves, or was displayed in curio cabinets: sometimes these cabinets have glass doors to display the items within while protecting them from dust. "Bric-à-brac" nowadays refers to a selection of items of modest value, often sold in street markets. Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr., in The Decoration of Houses, distinguished three gradations of quality in such "household ornaments": bric-à-brac, bibelots and objets d'art.

Definition of bric-a-brac in the English dictionary

The definition of bric-a-brac in the dictionary is miscellaneous small objects, esp furniture and curios, kept because they are ornamental or rare.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRIC-A-BRAC


amphibrach
ˈæmfɪˌbræk
Amtrak
ˈæmtræk
anorak
ˈænəˌræk
backtrack
ˈbækˌtræk
barmbrack
ˈbɑːmˌbræk
barnbrack
ˈbɑːnˌbræk
brack
bræk
crack
kræk
Dirac
dɪˈræk
drac
dræk
racetrack
ˈreɪsˌtræk
rack
ræk
shabrack
ˈʃæbræk
shabracque
ˈʃæbræk
soundtrack
ˈsaʊndˌtræk
sprack
spræk
tamarack
ˈtæməˌræk
tetrabrach
ˈtɛtrəˌbræk
track
træk
tribrach
ˈtraɪbræk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRIC-A-BRAC

bribery
Brice
bricht
brick
brick red
brick veneer
brick wall
brick-built
brick-kiln
brickbat
brickclay
brickearth
bricken
brickfield
brickfielder
brickie
bricking
bricklayer
bricklaying
bricklike

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRIC-A-BRAC

ac
amtrac
bac
Bergerac
cardiac
Chirac
Cyrano de Bergerac
Interac
Isaac
lac
lilac
mac
ricrac
sac
sandarac
sazerac
sign of the zodiac
trictrac
vac
zodiac

Synonyms and antonyms of bric-a-brac in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BRIC-A-BRAC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bric-a-brac» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bric-a-brac

Translation of «bric-a-brac» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRIC-A-BRAC

Find out the translation of bric-a-brac to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bric-a-brac from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bric-a-brac» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小古玩,飞行器材店
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bric - a-Brac
570 millions of speakers

English

bric-a-brac
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रिक एक brac
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بريك -A- براك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

барахоловка барахоловка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bric -a-brac
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুকরোটাকরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bric-à- brac
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bric-a-brac
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nippes
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

骨董品
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

BRIC - A- 풀어야
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bric-a-brac
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

BRIC-a - Brac
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிஆர்ஐசி ஒரு ப்ர்யாக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Bric-a-brac
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ufak süs eşyaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bric - a-brac
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Sklepy ze starociami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

барахоловка барахоловка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bric-a - brac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντίκες και παλαιοπωλείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bric -a- brac
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Bric-a - brac
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bric- a-Brac
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bric-a-brac

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIC-A-BRAC»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIC-A-BRAC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bric-a-brac

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QUOTES WITH «BRIC-A-BRAC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bric-a-brac.
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Mark Shand
My flat is a bit like an oriental bazaar. It's filled with the oddest objects from all my travels, and you can't really move in it. I love collecting antiques and often spend weekends driving around bric-a-brac markets.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRIC-A-BRAC»

Discover the use of bric-a-brac in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bric-a-brac and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bric-a-brac
172 Bric-a-Brac Board (1921) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 102 Bric-a-Brac Board (1922) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..7-101 Bric-a-Brac Oflicers, Former . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 103 Bureau of Appointments and Self-Help .
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Karenza, Dragons & Bric-A-Brac
This book has great humour and colour and draws inspiration from evocative emotions and personal experiences from living in the West Country.
Annie McCudden, 2010
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Strangely Warmed: Reflections on God, Life and Bric-a-Brac: ...
A wry look at the world, reflecting on questions of faith that arise from everyday experience.
Andrew Rumsey, 2010
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The adventures of a bric-à-brac hunter
V QUEST I. ON BRIC-A-BRAC IN GENERAL. " Southey was right when he told his brother that if he would use his eyes on his travels, and in his own natural language describe truthfully all that he saw, he would be enabled to entertain the  ...
Herbert Byng Hall, 1868
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Bric-A-Brac Stories
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Burton Harrison, 2011
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Bric-A-Brac in Victorian Literature: Oddities and Commodities
The essays in this collection take up these questions by examining the phenomenon of bric-ā-brac in Victorian literature.
Jonathon Shears, Jen Harrison, 2013
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The Princeton Bric-a-brac
BRIC-A-BRAC '92 $H$ 7!)/lwin(i)ccthbi/, S /A \ dc\y \ - I'RKSS OF THK JAS. II.
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The Decoration of Houses
XVI. BRIC-A-BRAC. IT is perhaps not uninstructive to note that we have no English word to describe the class of household ornaments which French speech has provided with at least three designations, each indicating a delicate and almost ...
Edith Wharton, Ogden Codman, 2008
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Creating the Artful Home: The Aesthetic Movement
The choicest items in the collections were called bric-a- brac. These were the small things that simply sat on a table top or in a cabinet, items that were just for show. Many sorts of objects were classed as bric-a-brac: costly objets d'art, amazing ...
Karen Zukowski, 2006
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The Deceivers: Art Forgery and Identity in the Nineteenth ...
By the close of the chapter, it has excised the bric-a-brac woman as a viable female identity. The chapter concludes with a push for the complete removal of real ornaments, so that only the fake will remain: "Imitation gold and imitation gems ...
Aviva Briefel, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRIC-A-BRAC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bric-a-brac is used in the context of the following news items.
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Prince Charles visits Rhondda Cynon Taff recycling charity …
These range from sales assistants to van porters, members of the bric-a-brac and refurbishment teams, as well as beneficiaries of household ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
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Piggie collection gets thrown to the wolves
“I've sold a few to antiques stores, and donated some to St Wilfrid's Church coffee mornings where they have a bric-a-brac stall. “One set I sold ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jul 15»
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Here's a Real-Time Map of All the Objects in Earth's Orbit
A homemade site mapping Earth's orbital bric-a-brac in real-time? Not a bad project for an incoming freshman to have under his belt. 0 ... «Gizmodo India, Jul 15»
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Picture Gallery: Newton Gala Day 2015 basks in the warm sunshine …
There was also children's rides and bouncy castle, tombola, burgers, bric-a-brac, a beer tent, face painters and glitter tattoos. The event took ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
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Imagine what is achievable if more of us left trenches
... the doors to the local flower arranging class, or hosted the bric-a-brac sale during annual town (to stretch a term to breaking point) festival. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Hartlepool church hosts space odyssey-themed garden party
... of their greatest hits, and there will be delicious strawberry teas to enjoy, as well as cakes, books, plants and bric-a-brac stalls to browse. «Hartlepool Mail, Jul 15»
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Travelling inland on the Limestone Coast
Penola is also a great place for collectors of vintage clothing and bric-a-brac – a number of stores contain some real gems. Simon and Erika ... «InDaily, Jul 15»
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Pope's Encyclical: Eschew Air Conditioning?
... point of not being able to breath, attempting to make merry in rooms draped and swathed and festooned with velvet furniture and bric-a-brac. «Acton Institute, Jul 15»
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Opening time
... with old, distressed picture frames used to make shelving, music sheets covering part of the bar area and fascinating bric-a-brac dotted throughout the rooms. «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
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New tea rooms opens at cathedral
... good source to find the type of vintage china I like, and wherever I am I will always keep an eye open for a bric-a-brac shop, home or abroad. «Salisbury Journal, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bric-A-Brac [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bric-a-brac>. Apr 2024 ».
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