Feminine

brèche

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(feminine) gap, hole
(feminine) breach

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʁɛʃ/

Inherited from Middle French

Inherited from Old French

Cognate with Old High German

In summary

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.