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bruche

French, noun\bʁy.ʃe\

bruche is spelled B-R-U-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bruche is a French feminine noun meaning “bruchid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coléoptère, dont les larves parasitent l’intérieur des graines des fabacées”.

What does bruche mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebruchid

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est parasité par la bruche.

noun: 1. Coléoptère, dont les larves parasitent l’intérieur des graines des fabacées.

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 bruche

  • bruches plural
  • bruchés plural masculine
  • bruchée singular feminine
  • bruchées plural feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bruche?

  • \bʁy.ʃe\
  • \bʁyʃ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is bruche in French?

bruche appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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