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French
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.
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Noun
brèche f (plural brèches)
- gap, hole
- Coordinate terms: fissure, fêlure
1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Alexandre:Un jour de mai 68, il y avait beaucoup de monde dans le café,{ et tout le monde pleurait… tout un café pleurait, c'était très beau. Une grenade lacrymogène était tombée. Si je n'y étais pas allé régulièrement tous les matins, je n'aurais rien vu de tout cela. Alors que là, sous mes yeux, une brèche était ouverte dans la réalité.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (military) breach
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