bretèche
French, noun/bʁə.tɛʃ/
bretèche is spelled B-R-E-T-È-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bretèche is a French feminine noun meaning “brattice (“element of a fortification”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite construction en surplomb au-dessus d’une porte constituée d’une ouverture permettant de lancer des…”.
What does bretèche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrattice (“element of a fortification”)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bretèche.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite construction en surplomb au-dessus d’une porte constituée d’une ouverture permettant de lancer des projectiles à la verticale de l’ennemi. Assommoir. 2. Balcon en bois, placé sur la façade de certains hôtels de ville au XVᵉ siècle. 3. Rangée de créneaux sur une bande, une fasce ou un pal. 4. Nasal mobile de certains bassinets.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de bretèche.
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 bretèche
- bretèches plural
- bretêche
- bretesche
- bretesse
- bretêches plural
- bretèche
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bretèche?
- /bʁə.tɛʃ/
- \bʁə.tɛʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bretèche in French?
bretèche appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).