bernache
French, noun/bɛʁ.naʃ/
bernache is spelled B-E-R-N-A-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bernache is a French feminine noun meaning “brant, barnacle goose; any goose of the genus Branta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Oie sauvage, palmipède migrateur”.
What does bernache mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrant, barnacle goose; any goose of the genus Branta
- 2
femininegrape juice at the beginning of its fermentation process
noun
- 1
femininebarnacle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Oie sauvage, palmipède migrateur.
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire ambigu désignant divers types de crustacés de l'infra-classe des cirripèdes, qui s'accrochent aux rochers ou autres substrats périodiquement immergés, tels les anatifes, les balanes, etc. 2. L'un des noms vernaculaires des patelles, terme générique ambigu désignant divers mollusques lamellibranches appartenant à au moins sept familles différentes.
noun: 1. Vin non totalement fermenté vendu à l’époque des vendanges, également appelé selon les régions bourru , vin doux ou vin nouveau.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bernache
- bernaches plural
- barnache
- barnacle
- bernacle
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bernache?
- /bɛʁ.naʃ/
- \bɛʁ.naʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bernache
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bernache in French?
bernache appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).