branca

See also: Branca and brâncă

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin branca, possibly of Gaulish or other pre-Roman origin. Compare Occitan branca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾaŋ.kə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈbɾaŋ.ka]
  • (file)

Noun

branca f (plural branques)

  1. branch

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Adjective

branca f sg

  1. feminine singular of branco

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin branca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbran.ka/
  • Rhymes: -anka
  • Hyphenation: bràn‧ca

Noun

branca f (plural branche)

  1. claw (of a cat etc.)
  2. talon (of a bird)
  3. branch (of knowledge etc.)
  4. (anatomy) branch
  5. (in the plural) clutches

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: پرانقه (pranka), پرانغه (pranga)
    • Turkish: pranga
    • Albanian: pranga
    • Armenian: փըռանկա (pʻəṙanka) Constantinople

Further reading

  • branca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps of Celtic origin, from a hypothetical Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónk-eh₂ (from which Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ (hand, arm)). Possibly influenced by bracchium (forearm; arm; limb of an animal (e.g. claw, tentacle); branch (of a tree)).

Noun

branca f (genitive brancae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. paw, foot

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative branca brancae
Genitive brancae brancārum
Dative brancae brancīs
Accusative brancam brancās
Ablative brancā brancīs
Vocative branca brancae

Descendants

References

Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin branca. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • (Languedoc) IPA(key): [ˈbɾaŋko]

Noun

branca f (plural brancas)

  1. (Languedoc, Provençal) branch

Alternative forms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃kɐ
  • Homophone: Branca
  • Hyphenation: bran‧ca

Adjective

branca

  1. feminine singular of branco

Noun

branca f (plural brancas)

  1. brain freeze (failure to remember something)
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