brèche

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

brèche

(1119) from the Frankish breka "broken", adapted into Gallo-Roman as brecca with gemination (the Latin sicca gives sèche), as the word was borrowed at a time when voiceless simple intervocalic stops no longer existed in Gallo-Roman of the North.

Definitions

tennis
marine
géologie
marbrerie
insectes

Synonyms

Plural

brèches

Translations

  • germangerman:Königskerzen-Mönch
  • englishenglish:mullein moth
  • spanishspanish:brecha
  • dutchdutch:kuifvlinder
  • portugueseportuguese:fenda
  • russianrussian:брешь
  • italianitalian:breccia

See also

Brèches (pn.)