bréchet
See also: brechet
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French brechet, brichet, bruchet, from Middle English brusket (whence modern English brisket), from Old Danish bryske, from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *breuską, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”). Cognate with German Brausche (“bruise, bump”).
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Noun edit
bréchet m (plural bréchets)
- keel (of a bird)
- Synonyms: crête sternale, quille
- (figurative) human sternum
Further reading edit
- “bréchet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.