Basic Details
Word: Brochure
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A small booklet or folded sheet with pictures and information about a product, place or service.
Synonyms: booklet, pamphlet, leaflet, catalogue
How to Spell Brochure
Syllables: bro - chure
Tricky part: The ch is said like sh, because the word is French, and the ending is -ure. Students often write broshure or leave off the final e.
Watch out for: broshure, brochur, brouchure
Memory tip: Brochure takes its ch from French, where ch sounds like sh, as in chef and machine.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The travel agent gave us a glossy brochure about houseboat holidays in Kerala.
Example 2: Our school prints a new brochure every year for parents.
Example 3: I picked up a brochure at the museum entrance that showed the floor plan.
Fun Fact
Brochure comes from the French verb brocher, to stitch, because early brochures were just a few pages stitched together.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. sillhouette 2. chandeleir 3. restaraunt 4. brochure
a) a decorative hanging light with several branches
b) a place where people pay to eat meals
c) a small booklet with pictures and information about a product or place
d) a dark outline of someone seen against a lighter background
Show answer
c) a small booklet with pictures and information about a product or place. Like brochure, all four words came from French; only brochure is spelt right, the rest should be chandelier, silhouette and restaurant.
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to brochure as used in the sentence:
The bank sent every customer a brochure explaining its new savings scheme for students.
a) passbook
b) booklet
c) receipt
d) voucher
Show answer
b) booklet. A brochure is a small booklet of information; a passbook, voucher and receipt are records of money.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
At the gate, the guide handed each visitor a colourful rhocerub with a map of the fort.
a) brooches
b) brochure
c) brother
d) butcher
Show answer
b) brochure. Rhocerub has two r's and a u, and brochure is the one word that uses every letter.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Before booking the trip, Mother read every page of the hotel broshure carefully to check whether the rooms really had a view of the backwaters.
a) carefully
b) backwaters
c) booking
d) broshure
Show answer
d) broshure. The sh sound in this French word is written ch.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A company sends out a brochure mainly to ____.
a) punish its staff
b) settle a debt
c) collect taxes
d) advertise what it offers
Show answer
d) advertise what it offers
2. A hotel brochure would most likely contain ____.
a) the guests' private bank details
b) the cook's handwritten diary
c) last year's unpaid electricity bills
d) photos of the rooms and prices
Show answer
d) photos of the rooms and prices
