bréchet
French, noun/bʁe.ʃɛ/
bréchet is spelled B-R-É-C-H-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bréchet is a French masculine noun meaning “keel (of a bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Apophyse longitudinale qui se trouve à la face externe du sternum des oiseaux”.
What does bréchet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekeel (of a bird)
- 2
masculinehuman sternum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Apophyse longitudinale qui se trouve à la face externe du sternum des oiseaux. 2. Poitrine ou estomac.
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 bréchet
- bréchets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bréchet?
- /bʁe.ʃɛ/
- \bʁe.ʃɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bréchet in French?
bréchet appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).