How do British people say broom?
Below is the UK transcription for ‘broom‘: Modern IPA: brʉ́wm. Traditional IPA: bruːm.
How do you pronounce Brooming?
What is the meaning of broom?
(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : any of various leguminous shrubs (especially genera Cytisus and Genista) with long slender branches, small leaves, and usually showy yellow flowers especially : scotch broom. 2 : a bundle of firm stiff twigs or fibers bound together on a long handle especially for sweeping.
What does broom mean in Old English?
Etymology 1
From Middle English broom, from Old English brōm (“brushwood”), from Proto-West Germanic *brām (“bramble”) (compare Saterland Frisian Brom, West Frisian brem, Dutch braam, German Low German Braam), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-, from *bʰer- ‘edge’.