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Meaning of "brollies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BROLLIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROLLIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brollies 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BROLLIES

brokenheartedly
brokenheartedness
brokenly
brokenness
broker
broker-dealer
brokerage
brokery
broking
brolga
brolly
bromal
bromance
bromate
Bromberg
brome
brome grass
bromelain
bromelia
bromeliaceous

WORDS THAT END LIKE BROLLIES

allies
bellies
bullies
collies
dollies
families
fillies
follies
gillies
hollies
jellies
jollies
lollies
mollies
rallies
Ramillies
sallies
tallies
wallies
wellies
willies

Synonyms and antonyms of brollies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brollies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BROLLIES

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

Translator English - Chinese

brollies
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

brollies
570 millions of speakers

English

brollies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

brollies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بروليس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зонтики
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brollies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

brollies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parapluies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brollies
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schirme
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

brollies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

brollies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brollies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

brollies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

brollies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रॉली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

brollies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ombrelli
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pożyczył nam parasol
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парасольки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brollies
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

brollies
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brollies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brollies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brollies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brollies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BROLLIES»

The term «brollies» is regularly used and occupies the 82.483 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of brollies
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BROLLIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «brollies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «brollies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brollies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROLLIES»

Discover the use of brollies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brollies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beyond Truth and Illusion
REVALUATING BROLLIES AND HOODS Since I have become habituated to revaluating my philosophical positions or presumptions over the years, I shall not shirk the task before me now, even though I wish I had got it right the last time, ...
John O'Loughlin, 2011
2
The Centre of Truth
THE GENDER IMPLICATIONS OF BROLLIES AND HOODS When brought into use, brollies (umbrellas) are divergent (opening outwards), hoods convergent ( closing inwards). Hence the former are fundamentally female in character and the ...
John O'Loughlin, 2011
3
Primary Art
Three-lesson. project. Primary art 15 Beautiful brollies Reflections 1. Circle the season ... Beautiful. brollies. Assessment key ✓ yes (has 14 Primary art R.I.C. Publications/Prim-Ed Publishing ...
Dianne Sterrett, 2007
4
Minneapolis Rehearsals: Tyrone Guthrie Directs Hamlet
Guthrie made a comment about them: Let those brollies act for you. They can express much. If they are used right, it will seem as though we have hired fourteen more actors. Most of the choreography involving the brollies comes after Hamlet ...
Alfred Rossi, 1970
5
Cotton and Cold Blood
Brollies. and. Clairvoyants. 1 he year of 1885 marked a turning point for Sarah; she felt to be a part of village life and was as happy now as she had ever been since leaving The Lyndon. She still had doubts about her future, however, and could ...
John A. Clayton, 2008
6
Mike Miller, Son of Pendragon
As for Mel and Mary, their attempted duet with their recovered brollies saw them skidding backwards with their brollies held up. This was as the whole street tilted back due to the elephant being stuck underground at one end of the storm drain ...
John Haines, 2005
7
Fifty Years of Forensic Science: A Commentary
Brollies. and. Bi-Focals. This is a questioning age. There has never been a time in history so given to enquiries. The Vassall Case, the Lynskey Tribunal, the Profumo affair to name but three. And the enquiry into the enquiry – the recent ...
Dr. Niamh Nic Daeid, 2010
8
From Materialism to Idealism
Umbrellas correspond to an idealistic extreme, whether Catholic in the case of full-length spiked brollies, High Tory in the case of unspiked brollies, or Fascist in the case of collapsibles. Hats worn in the rain as a protection against the wet ...
John O'Loughlin, 2010
9
Dick Enberg, Oh My!
On each occasion, I couldn't help but notice two lovely ladies, at least in their 60s, standing patiently in place for hours under their umbrellas, or brollies. I knew they had seen me rushing by. Curiosity called, so I stopped to ask, “When I race by ...
Dick Enberg, 2004
10
The Steven Price Mysteries Part 2: The Death of Carol Richards
Business men walked through there carrying their elegant briefcases and handling their brollies like army officials marching home. Their brollies were a weapon to shove aside the weary traveller should one happen to get in his way.
Linda and Joseph Pye, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROLLIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brollies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Djokovic v Anderson - Court One
Brollies replace sunhats on Centre Court, Sharapova and Vandeweghe shoot off and the covers are quickly brought on. Time for the roof to earn its crust, ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
2
North-south divide but a new scorcher is on the way
As a taste of things to come yesterday holidaymakers on the south coast took the seaside plunge to cool off while brollies were the order of the ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
British Grand Prix 2015: Lewis Hamilton battles to victory in the rain …
Hamilton delights the fans with some 'donuts' in front of the grandstands who have taken down their brollies and put their sunglasses back on. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Grab your brollies - severe weather warning for Gloucestershire
No heat wave in the city today. Mostly a dry day with some warm sunny spells. Cloud will gradually build from the west, with the risk of isolated ... «Gloucester Citizen, Jul 15»
5
In pictures: Henley Regatta day two
VIEW GALLERY. It was a day for brollies at Henley Regatta at day two on Thursday as the previous day's sunshine disappeared in a flash. «getreading, Jul 15»
6
Wimbledon 2015, day four: James Ward joins Andy Murray in third …
The advice is to take your brollies but this time not just to shield you from the sun - it might also rain. And let's hope for no more fires at SW19! «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Wimbledon: Sizzling Sabine overpowers McHale after shaky start
On a typical English summer's day, where the sun played hide-and-seek, and the wraps were out as were the brollies, Centre Court's smiling ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Warrington Walking Day weather
The Met Office is currently predicting walkers can leave their brollies at home with sunshine and temperatures ranging from 16 degrees at 9am ... «Warrington Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Temperature Reaches 36.7C As Heatwave Hits UK
But Britons may also need to dig out their brollies, with thundery spells predicted for some areas later in the week. A level-three heatwave alert has been issued ... «Isle of Wight Radio, Jul 15»
10
Soaring temperatures before thunder and rain hit Cumbria
Keep your brollies close by though, because the heatwave is likely to spark thundery downpours tonight. Forecasters predict the mercury will ... «News & Star, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Brollies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brollies>. May 2024 ».
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