brèche
See also: breche
French
Etymology
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/
audio (file) - 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
- → Spanish: brecha
Further reading
- “brèche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- bécher