different between brachet vs braches

English

Etymology

From Middle English brachet, from Old French brachet, a diminutive of Old Occitan brac, from Frankish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?æt???t/
• Rhymes: -æt??t

Noun

brachet (plural brachets)

1. (obsolete) A female hunting hound that hunts by scent.

See also

• brach

Anagrams

• Bachert, Chabert, batcher, braceth, rebatch

Old French

Alternative forms

• braquet

Etymology

Diminutive of Old French and Old Occitan brac (“hound”), from Old High German and Frankish *brakko, from Proto-Germanic *brak (“dog that hunts by scent”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reh?g- (“to smell”). Cognate with Old High German braccho.

Noun

brachet m (oblique plural brachez or brachetz, nominative singular brachez or brachetz, nominative plural brachet)

1. hunting dog trained to follow the scent of an animal

Descendants

• ? English: brachet

References

• “brachet” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• Weekley, Ernest (2013): An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

English

Noun

braches

1. plural of brach

Anagrams

• Bachers, Barches, Schaber, barches, she-crab

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

braches

1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative neuter singular of brach