branchement
French, noun/bʁɑ̃ʃ.mɑ̃/
branchement is spelled B-R-A-N-C-H-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Branchement is a French masculine noun meaning “connection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de brancher”.
What does branchement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconnection
- 2
masculineplugging in, linking up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de brancher. 2. Tuyau que l’on adapte à un conduit principal. 3. Opération de déplacement au sein d'un code exécuté par un processeur, en « sautant » à une adresse identifiée au lieu de poursuivre l'exécution du code séquentiellement.
noun: 1. Dispositif de changement de voie composé d’une partie fixe et d’une partie mobile, dénommée aiguille.
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 branchement
- branchements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce branchement?
- /bʁɑ̃ʃ.mɑ̃/
- \bʁɑ̃ʃ.mɑ̃\
- [bʁɑ̃.ʃə.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is branchement in French?
branchement 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).