"brach" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɹæt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brach.wav Forms: brachs [plural], braches [plural]
Rhymes: -ætʃ Etymology: Originally in plural, from Old French brachez, plural of brachet, a diminutive of Occitan brac, from Frankish. Cognate to the German Bracke. More at brachet. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|brachez}} Old French brachez, {{der|en|oc|brac}} Occitan brac, {{der|en|frk|-}} Frankish, {{cog|de|Bracke}} German Bracke Head templates: {{en-noun|s|+}} brach (plural brachs or braches)
  1. (archaic) A hound; especially a female hound used for hunting, a bitch hound. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Female people Categories (lifeform): Dogs, Female animals
    Sense id: en-brach-en-noun-CKJaGQKj Disambiguation of Female people: 69 16 16 Disambiguation of Dogs: 54 2 44 Disambiguation of Female animals: 63 1 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 1 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 1 1 25 1 25 4 4 15 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 26 1 26 2 2 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 13
  2. (archaic, derogatory) A despicable or disagreeable woman. Tags: archaic, derogatory
    Sense id: en-brach-en-noun-bQqSDnGE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bitch Related terms: brachet
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bɹæk/ Forms: brachs [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: Clipping of brachiopod. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|brachiopod}} Clipping of brachiopod Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} brach (plural brachs)
  1. (paleontology, informal) brachiopod Tags: informal Categories (topical): Paleontology Categories (lifeform): Brachiopods, Dogs
    Sense id: en-brach-en-noun-aJzAmtOU Disambiguation of Brachiopods: 31 1 68 Disambiguation of Dogs: 54 2 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 1 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 1 1 25 1 25 4 4 15 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 26 1 26 2 2 20 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 13 Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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