brancher
French, verb/bʁɑ̃.ʃe/
brancher is spelled B-R-A-N-C-H-E-R (8 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brancher is a French verb meaning “to connect, plug in (appliance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se percher sur les branches d’un arbre”.
What does brancher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to connect, plug in (appliance)
- 2
to branch
- 3
to branch off, to turn (of a road)
- 4
colloquialto chat up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Se percher sur les branches d’un arbre. 2. Intéresser. 3. Se brancher (sur), s’intéresser (à). 4. Pendre sur la branche d'un arbre.
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 brancher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- branchant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- branché participle past
- branche first-person indicative present
- branches indicative present second-person
- branchons first-person indicative plural
- branchez indicative plural present
- branchent indicative plural present
- branchais first-person imperfect indicative
- branchait imperfect indicative singular
- branchions first-person imperfect indicative
- branchiez imperfect indicative plural
- branchaient imperfect indicative plural
- branchai first-person historic indicative
- branchas historic indicative past
- brancha historic indicative past
- branchâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brancher?
- /bʁɑ̃.ʃe/
- \bʁɑ̃.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brancher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brancher in French?
brancher appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).