brolly
/ˈbrɒli/noun
उच्चारण ब्रॉली
छाता
Core word
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[C] British, informal
an umbrella
छाता
- Don't forget your brolly; it's going to rain.
- Take a brolly, as it is likely to pour.
- He opened his brolly as soon as the first drops fell.
+ 2 more examples
- I left my brolly on the bus again.
- Share my brolly, it's pouring outside.
Synonyms umbrella
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
brolly (informal noun)
Brolly is a British informal word for umbrella; it is countable.
'Brolly' umbrella के लिए ब्रिटिश बोलचाल का शब्द है; यह countable है।
- Take a brolly, it may rain.
- Two brollies hung by the door.
put up / take down a brolly
Use put up to open it and take down or put down to close it.
इसे खोलने के लिए put up और बंद करने के लिए take down या put down आता है।
- He put up his brolly when the shower began.
under a brolly / with a brolly
Use under for sheltering below it and with for carrying it.
इसके नीचे बचाव के लिए under और इसे लिए हुए होने के लिए with आता है।
- We stood under one brolly.
- A man with a brolly waited at the stop.
brolly vs umbrella
Use umbrella in exams, essays and formal writing, and brolly only in casual British speech.
परीक्षा, निबंध और औपचारिक लेखन में umbrella का प्रयोग करें; brolly केवल अनौपचारिक ब्रिटिश बोलचाल में।
- In a formal letter, write umbrella, not brolly.
brolly in British idiom
Brolly is used in fixed phrases such as a golf brolly and brolly hop; it is typically British.
'Brolly' ब्रिटिश बोलचाल की कुछ निश्चित अभिव्यक्तियों जैसे golf brolly में आता है।
- He carried a big golf brolly to the match.
+Collocations 5
verb + brolly
carryopencloseforgetborrow
- Radhika forgot her brolly on the bus.
adjective + brolly
blackfoldingbrokencolourfullarge
- A large black brolly kept them dry.
brolly + noun
standhandleframecovershop
- The brolly stand is near the door.
weather and brolly
rainshowerdrizzlewindmonsoon
- In the monsoon every student carries a brolly.
brolly in phrases
brolly hopgolf brollybrolly girlbrolly standbrolly in hand
- He always walks with a brolly in hand during July.
“More examples 7
- It looks like rain, so take your brolly.
बारिश के आसार हैं, इसलिए अपना छाता ले जाओ।
- The strong wind turned his brolly inside out.
तेज़ हवा ने उसका छाता उलट दिया।
- Radhika shared her brolly with a classmate.
राधिका ने अपना छाता एक सहपाठी के साथ साझा किया।
- The old man leaned on his brolly as he walked.
बूढ़ा आदमी चलते समय अपने छाते का सहारा ले रहा था।
- A folding brolly fits easily in a school bag.
तह होने वाला छाता स्कूल बैग में आसानी से आ जाता है।
- She keeps a spare brolly at her desk for rainy days.
वह बरसात के दिनों के लिए अपनी मेज़ पर एक अतिरिक्त छाता रखती है।
- The shopkeeper sold fifty brollies on the first day of the monsoon.
दुकानदार ने मानसून के पहले दिन पचास छाते बेचे।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I forgot my brolly in the bus yesterday.
✓ I forgot my brolly on the bus yesterday.
With public transport such as a bus, use on.
बस जैसे सार्वजनिक वाहन के साथ on आता है।
✗ Each of the boys carry a brolly.
✓ Each of the boys carries a brolly.
Each takes a singular verb even when of the boys follows it.
'Each' के साथ singular verb आती है, भले ही उसके बाद of the boys हो।