Question 1

What does the French word "brocante" mean?

Accepted Answer

Resale, occasional sale of goods of little value, found here and there.
Shop where a jumble of used or broken objects, discarded, or whose owner got rid of them to make a few cents. Activity, passion of the person who deals in odds and ends, who scours.
Brand new, gleaming merchandise, of little value.
Pole to which haberdashery was attached.
Work that a worker does outside of his ordinary work.

Question 2

What is the plural of the French word "brocante"?

Accepted Answer

brocantes

Question 3

What is the etymology of thr French word "brocante"?

Accepted Answer

uncertain origin to be related to the idea of pieces, broken objects, see the German gebrochen or the Italian brocco which relate to this meaning to which the French expression "de bric et de broc" is attached.

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