brachet

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English brachet, from Old French brachet, a diminutive of Old Occitan brac, from Frankish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹæt͡ʃɪt/ Rhymes: -ætʃɪt Hyphenation: brach‧et === Noun === brachet (plural brachets) (obsolete) A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach. ==== Alternative forms ==== bratchet === Anagrams === Trebach, batcher, Bachert, Berchta, rebatch, Chabert, braceth == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbraːxət/ === Verb === brāchet second-person plural preterite indicative of brëchen == 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 *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”). Cognate with Old High German braccho. === Noun === brachet oblique singular, m (oblique plural brachez or brachetz, nominative singular brachez or brachetz, nominative plural brachet) hunting dog trained to follow the scent of an animal ==== Descendants ==== → English: brachet === References === “brachet”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Weekley, Ernest (2013): An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English