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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
- (military) breach
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