brèche

Meaning

1. gap, hole
2. breach

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʁɛʃ/

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.

Sentences

Cette paroisse est située le long de la Brèche , affluent de l’Oise.

This parish is located along the Brèche, a tributary of the Oise.