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Definition: Broca |
BrocaNoun1. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Broca" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
"Broca" is a common misspelling or typo for: brace, broach, broad, brocade, broke, broker, bronco, brooch, brose. |
Synonym: BrocaSynonym: Pierre-Paul Broca (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Broca |
| English words defined with "Broca": convolution of Broca ♦ Pierre-Paul Broca. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Broca": Diagonal Band of Broca. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Broca" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (auger, bit, bore, borer, broach, drill, drill pipe, piercer, wimble), Spanish (broach, drill). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | El Dr. Augusto Broca / Bazin. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Pierre-Paul Broca : Professeur de Clinique chirurgicale la Faculté de Médecine de Paris,... Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Paul Broca. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Broca" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Broca" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 55 | 45,713 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Broca": convolution of Broca ♦ Diagonal Band of Broca. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
broca | 21 |
broca aphasia | 8 |
broca paul | 5 |
the broca divide | 4 |
area broca de | 4 |
afasia broca de | 4 |
broca convolutions | 3 |
broca paul pierre | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Broca"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Broca's regel for normalvægt (Broca formula), Broca's punkt (Broca point), Broca's lomme (Broca pouch), Broca's fænomen (Broca phenomenon), Broca-amnesi (Broca amnesia), area Broca (Broca centre, Broca's convolution, motor speech centre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zak van Broca (Broca pouch), verschijnsel van Broca (Broca phenomenon), saccus pudendalis (Broca pouch), saccus dartoicus feminalis (Broca pouch), punt van Broca (Broca point), formule van Broca (Broca formula), centrum van Broca (Broca centre, Broca's area, Broca's convolution, motor speech centre), amnesie van Broca (Broca amnesia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | point de Broca (Broca point), poche de Broca (Broca pouch), phénomène de Broca (Broca phenomenon), formule de Broca (Broca formula), centre moteur du langage de Broca (Broca centre), amnésie de Broca (Broca amnesia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Broca Zentrum (Broca centre, motor speech centre), Broca Tasche (Broca pouch), Broca Stelle (Broca centre, motor speech centre), Broca Sprachzentrum (Broca centre, motor speech centre), Broca Punkt (Broca point), Broca Phaenomen (Broca phenomenon), Broca Formel (Broca formula), Broca Faustregel (Broca formula), Broca Amnesie (Broca amnesia), Schamsack (Broca pouch), Saccus dartoicus feminalis (Broca pouch), Fleischhautsack der Frau (Broca pouch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινητικό κέντρο λόγου Broca (Broca centre, motor speech centre), σημείο Broca (Broca point), φαινόμενο Broca (Broca phenomenon), αμνησία Broca (Broca amnesia), τύπος του Broca (Broca formula). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | tasca di Broca (Broca pouch), sacco dartoico della femmina (Broca pouch), punto di Broca (Broca point), punto auricolare (Broca point), formula di Broca (Broca formula), fenomeno di Broca (Broca phenomenon), centro verbomotore (Broca centre, motor speech centre), centro di Broca (Broca centre, Broca's area, motor speech centre), area estesa di Broca (Broca centre, motor speech centre), amnesia di Broca (Broca amnesia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocabray ponto de Broca (Broca point), fenómeno de Broca (Broca phenomenon), fórmula de Broca (Broca formula), centro motor da linguage de Broca (Broca centre, motor speech centre), amnésia de Broca (Broca amnesia). (various references) bolsa de Broca (Broca pouch), punto de Broca (Broca point), fenómeno de Broca (Broca phenomenon), fórmula de Broca (Broca formula), centro de Broca (Broca centre, motor speech centre), amnesia de Broca (Broca amnesia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Broca": brocade, brocaded, brocades, brocading, brocatel, brocatelle, brocatelles, brocatels. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Broca": embrocation, embrocations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: carbo, carob, cobra. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-o-r" | |
-1 letter: arco, boar, bora, carb, crab, orca. | |
-2 letters: abo, arb, arc, bar, boa, bra, bro, cab, car, cob, cor, oar, oca, ora, orb, orc, rob, roc. | |
-3 letters: ab, ar, ba, bo, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-o-r" | |
+1 letter: boxcar, broach, carbon, carbos, carboy, carobs, cobras, corban, crambo. | |
+2 letters: abroach, acrobat, aerobic, boraces, boracic, boxcars, bracero, brocade, carabao, carbons, carbora, carboys, caribou, ciboria, corbans, corbina, cordoba, crambos, crowbar, rockaby. | |
+3 letters: abductor, acrobats, aerobics, albacore, albicore, ascorbic, bachelor, backdoor, backdrop, backroom, barbasco, barouche, barranco, baryonic, beclamor, becoward, bookrack, boracite, braceros, braciola, braciole, braconid, broached, broacher, broaches, brocaded, brocades, brocatel, brockage, bronchia, buckaroo, buckayro, cabestro, cabresto, cabriole, carabaos, carbinol, carbolic, carbonic, carbonyl, carboras, carboxyl, carboyed, caribous, choriamb, combater, corbinas, cordobas, cornball, corybant, cramboes, crossbar, crowbars, cupboard, gabbroic, isobaric, microbar, mobocrat, obduracy, rockabye, rollback, roorbach, roorback, saprobic, scabrous, turbocar. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 72 6F 63 61 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-. --- -.-. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110010 01101111 01100011 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B r o c a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0072 006F 0063 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3684816967 |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; |
