brancard
French, noun/bʁɑ̃.kaʁ/
brancard is spelled B-R-A-N-C-A-R-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brancard is a French masculine noun meaning “shaft (pole to attach a wagon, cart, etc. to an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chacune des deux pièces de bois longitudinales sur lesquelles repose la caisse d’une charrette ou de…”.
What does brancard mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshaft (pole to attach a wagon, cart, etc. to an animal)
- 2
datedmasculinehandle of a litter
- 3
masculinestretcher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chacune des deux pièces de bois longitudinales sur lesquelles repose la caisse d’une charrette ou de certaines voitures à quatre roues et qui se prolongent en avant pour permettre d’atteler un cheval entre elles. 2. Deux pièces de bois cintrées qui s’adaptent à l’avant-train d’une voiture à deux roues et entre lesquelles on attelle une bête de somme pour la tirer. 3. Bras entre lesquels se plaçaient les porteurs d’une civière. 4. Civière.
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 brancard
- brancards plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brancard?
- /bʁɑ̃.kaʁ/
- \bʁɑ̃.kaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brancard
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brancard in French?
brancard appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).