brancard
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French brancard.
Noun[edit]
brancard (plural brancards)
- (obsolete) A litter drawn by a horse, on which a person may be carried.
- 1814, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 479:
- Mr d'Arblay was not only renversé, the brancard striking him upon his breast, but flung to some distance by the force of the blow.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French brancard.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brancard m (plural brancards, diminutive brancardje n)
Descendants[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From branc, masculine form of branche (“branch”), with noun suffix -ard.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
brancard m (plural brancards)
Derived terms[edit]
- brancardage (noun)
- brancarder (verb)
- brancardier (noun)
- ruer dans les brancards
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: brancard
- → English: brancard
- → Khmer: ប្រង់កា (prɑngkaa)
- → Persian: برانکارد (berânkârd)
- → Vietnamese: băng ca
Further reading[edit]
- “brancard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- A. Brachet (1868) An etymological dictionary of the French language (in French)
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