braunche

English

Noun

braunche (plural braunches)

1. Obsolete form of branch.
   • 1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Exodus xxxvij:[19], folio LXX, recto:

     And on euery braun­che were iij. cuppes like vnto almondes, wyth knoppes and floures thorow out the ſixe bra­unches that proceded out of the candelſticke.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• brance, branch, branche, braunce, braunch, brawnche, bronch, bronche, brownch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French branche, brance, from Late Latin branca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrau̯nt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈbrant͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

braunche (plural braunches)

1. A branch (of a tree)
2. Something dividing or extending like a branch.
3. A lineage; the kin of someone.
4. A descendant; a scion.
5. (theology) A category of sin.
6. (rare) A portion.

Related terms

• braunchen

Descendants

• English: branch
• Scots: branch, brainch

References

• “braunch, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.