bréhaigne
\bʁe.ɛɲ\
The verdict
“bréhaigne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stérile, en parlant des femelles de certains animaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-brehaigne · bréhaigne · French
bréhaigne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bréhaigne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \bʁe.ɛɲ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
bréhaigne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \bʁe.ɛɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for bréhaigne in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is bréhaigne, spelled B-R-É-H-A-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Stérile, en parlant des femelles de certains animaux.
- 2Qualifie un poisson qui n’a ni œufs ni laitance.
- 3(Souvent ironique) Stérile, en parlant d’une femme.
- 4Qui est stérile, ne contient aucune vie.
- 5Qui partage avec le cheval certaines caractéristiques, en parlant de la jument.
- 6Bohémien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bréhaigne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A Mervale, les vieilles biques bréhaignes cabretaient sans besoin de bouc, les petits poussaient sur les fumiers !
Duhamel pense aussi que les carpes qu’on nomme bréhaignes ne sont point des mulets, mais des poissons qui, dans certaines circonstances, sont dépourvus de laitance et d’œufs.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.