débrancher
French, verb/de.bʁɑ̃.ʃe/
débrancher is spelled D-É-B-R-A-N-C-H-E-R (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Débrancher is a French verb meaning “to unplug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ôter la fiche d’un appareil électrique de la prise de courant”.
What does débrancher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unplug
- 2
to turn off, switch off (of an alarm)
- 3
to prune, to remove branches
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ôter la fiche d’un appareil électrique de la prise de courant. 2. Déconnecter une partie d’un circuit électrique ou d’un ensemble d’appareils. 3. Arrêter un appareil. 4. Quitter une voie, une ligne pour une autre au passage d’un aiguillage.
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 débrancher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- débranchant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- débranché participle past
- débranche first-person indicative present
- débranches indicative present second-person
- débranchons first-person indicative plural
- débranchez indicative plural present
- débranchent indicative plural present
- débranchais first-person imperfect indicative
- débranchait imperfect indicative singular
- débranchions first-person imperfect indicative
- débranchiez imperfect indicative plural
- débranchaient imperfect indicative plural
- débranchai first-person historic indicative
- débranchas historic indicative past
- débrancha historic indicative past
- débranchâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce débrancher?
- /de.bʁɑ̃.ʃe/
- \de.bʁɑ̃.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to débrancher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is débrancher in French?
débrancher appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).