branc
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See also: brãnc
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From branca.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
branc m (plural brancs)
- a large branch
Further reading[edit]
- “branc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand, flaming sword, sword”), from Frankish *brand (“firebrand, flaming sword”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“firebrand, torch, sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to burn”). Cognate with Old High German brant (“fire, firebrand, burning iron”), Old English brand (“fire, flame, brand, torch, sword, weapon”), Old Norse brandr (“fire, firebrand, sword”). More at brand.
Noun[edit]
branc oblique singular, m (oblique plural brans, nominative singular brans, nominative plural branc)
- blade of a sword
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- En la cervele li fist le branc baignier.
- He bathed his blade in his brain.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (brant)
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- Old French terms derived from Frankish
- Old French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- Old French terms with quotations