brood Pronunciation: /bruːd/Translate brood | into German | into Italian | into Spanish French translation of broodA. n (of birds) couvée (f); (of mammals) nichée (f)B. vi 1 (ponder) broyer du noir to brood about = ressasser, ruminer [problem] 2 [bird] couverbrood in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of brood in the British & World English dictionary Definition of brood in the US English dictionary