brèche

See also: breche

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French breche, bresche, from Old French breche, bresche (“a breach, an opening, crack”), from Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekō (“a breaking, breach, fallow ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack”).

Cognate with Old High German brecha (“a break”). More at break.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʁɛʃ/
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Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Noun

brèche f (plural brèches)

gap, hole
Coordinate terms: fissure, fêlure
(military) breach

Derived terms

battre en brèche

Descendants

→ Catalan: bretxa
→ Danish: breche
→ Galician: brecha
→ Italian: breccia (see there for further descendants)
→ Portuguese: brecha
→ Russian: брешь (brešʹ)
→ Spanish: brecha

Further reading

“brèche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

bécher

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