brancard
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French brancard.
Noun edit
brancard (plural brancards)
- (obsolete) A litter drawn by a horse, on which a person may be carried.
- 1814, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 479:
- Mr d'Arblay was not only renversé, the brancard striking him upon his breast, but flung to some distance by the force of the blow.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French brancard.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brancard m (plural brancards, diminutive brancardje n)
Descendants edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From branc, masculine form of branche (“branch”), with noun suffix -ard.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brancard m (plural brancards)
Derived terms edit
- brancardage (noun)
- brancarder (verb)
- brancardier (noun)
- ruer dans les brancards
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: brancard
- → English: brancard
- → Khmer: ប្រង់កា (prɑngkaa)
- → Persian: برانکارد (berânkârd)
- → Vietnamese: băng ca
Further reading edit
- “brancard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- A. Brachet (1868) An etymological dictionary of the French language (in French)