"brèche" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /bʁɛʃ/ Audio: Fr-brèche.ogg Forms: brèches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French breche, bresche, from Old French breche, bresche (“a breach, an opening, crack”), from Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekō (“a breaking, breach, fallow ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack”). Cognate with Old High German brecha (“a break”). More at break. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|breche|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French breche, {{inh+|fr|frm|breche}} Inherited from Middle French breche, {{m|frm|bresche}} bresche, {{inh|fr|fro|breche}} Old French breche, {{m|fro|bresche||a breach, an opening, crack}} bresche (“a breach, an opening, crack”), {{der|fr|frk|*breku|*breka|t=a breach, break}} Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*brekō||a breaking, breach, fallow ground}} Proto-Germanic *brekō (“a breaking, breach, fallow ground”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*bʰreg-||to break, crack}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack”), {{cog|goh|brecha||a break}} Old High German brecha (“a break”), {{m|en|break}} break Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} brèche f (plural brèches)
  1. gap, hole Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-brèche-fr-noun-pEOqmnj9
  2. (military) breach Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-brèche-fr-noun-LgL9Obhl Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: battre en brèche

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: bretxa",
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          "expansion": "→ Galician: brecha",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: breccia (see there for further descendants)"
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          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: brecha",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/bʁɛʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʃ"
    },
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    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛʃ",
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Catalan: bretxa",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Catalan: bretxa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: breche",
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      "text": "→ Danish: breche"
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          "name": "desc"
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          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: breccia (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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        }
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "brecha",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "rhymes": "-ɛʃ"
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