bréchet

See also: brechet

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French brechet, brichet, bruchet, from Middle English brusket (whence modern English brisket), from Old Danish bryske, from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *breuską, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to break”). Cognate with German Brausche (“bruise, bump”).

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Noun

bréchet m (plural bréchets)

keel (of a bird)
Synonyms: crête sternale, quille
(figurative) human sternum

Further reading

“bréchet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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