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branch

/bˈɹæntʃ/BRANCH
/bˈɹæntʃ/BRANCH

Meaningan arm

Common meaning: a limb of a tree

Journey through time

  1. Bretonbrank‘an arm’source
  2. Frenchbranche‘a branch’source
  3. Middle Englishbranchesource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsan arm → a limb of a treebranch‘a limb of a tree’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Breton brank ‘an arm’.

Roots

  • brank Breton “an arm”

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