different between bransle vs branle

English

Etymology

From Middle French bransle, variant form of branle.

Noun

bransle (plural bransles)

1. Obsolete form of branle.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:

     Now making layes of loue and louers paine, / Bransles, Ballads, virelayes, and verses vaine […]

Anagrams

• barlens, branles

Middle French

Noun

bransle m (plural bransles)

1. Alternative form of branle

English

Etymology

From French branler (“to shake”); see further at brawl, etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b???l/, /?b???l/, /?b?æn(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??l/, /?b?æn(?)l/
• Hyphenation: bran?le (when pronounced as two syllables)

Noun

branle (plural branles)

1. A dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance.

   Synonyms: brangle, bransle, (all obsolete) brantle

Alternative forms

• brawl

References

Further reading

• branle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• brelan

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???l/

Noun

branle m (plural branles)

1. shake (act of shaking)
2. (slang) wank (act of masturbating)
3. (nautical) A sailor's hammock on board a ship.

Derived terms

• mettre en branle

Verb

branle

1. inflection of branler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “branle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• brelan

Middle French

Alternative forms

• bransle

Noun

branle m (plural branles)

1. branle (dance)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (branle, supplement)