branche
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French branche (“branch (of a tree)”), from Late Latin branca (“footprint, paw”), possibly from Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónkeh₂, cognate with Danish vrå (“corner”) and Russian рука́ (ruká, “arm, hand”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
branche c (singular definite branchen, plural indefinite brancher)
- sector, a specific trade or industry, a line of work
Declension edit
Declension of branche
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | branche | branchen | brancher | brancherne |
genitive | branches | branchens | branchers | branchernes |
Further reading edit
- “branche” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French branche, from Late Latin branca, possibly of Gaulish origin.
Noun edit
branche f (plural branches)
- branch (of tree)
- branch (of an organization)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Danish: branche
- → Dutch: branche
- → German: Branche
- → Norwegian: bransje
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: bransje
- → Polish: branża
- → Swedish: bransch
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
branche
- inflection of brancher:
Further reading edit
- “branche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
branche f
Middle English edit
Noun edit
branche
- Alternative form of braunche
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- branke (less common)
Etymology edit
From Late Latin branca. More at English branch.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
branche oblique singular, f (oblique plural branches, nominative singular branche, nominative plural branches)
- branch (appendage of a tree)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (branche, supplement)