branchette
French, noun/bʁɑ̃.ʃɛt/
branchette is spelled B-R-A-N-C-H-E-T-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written French, the 239,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Branchette is a French feminine noun meaning “twig, branchlet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite branche”.
What does branchette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetwig, branchlet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite branche.
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 branchette
- branchettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce branchette?
- /bʁɑ̃.ʃɛt/
- \bʁɑ̃.ʃɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to branchette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is branchette in French?
branchette appears about once in every 58 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).