What does bric-a-brac mean?

bric-a-brac means "miscellaneous curios".

How many syllables are in bric-a-brac?

bric-a-brac has 3 syllables and divides as bri-c-a--brac under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for bric-a-brac?

Close synonyms include knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bric-a-brac a common word?

bric-a-brac is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Bric-a-brac — meaning and 4 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
miscellaneous curios
Synonymsknickknack nicknack knickknackery whatnot
Broadercurio

Questions about bric-a-brac

What does bric-a-brac mean?: bric-a-brac means "miscellaneous curios".
How many syllables are in bric-a-brac?: bric-a-brac has 3 syllables and divides as bri-c-a--brac under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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