branca

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin branca, possibly of Gaulish or other pre-Roman origin. Compare Occitan branca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾaŋ.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾaŋ.ka] Rhymes: -anka Hyphenation: bran‧ca === Noun === branca f (plural branques) branch ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “branca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “branca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾaŋka/ [ˈbɾɑŋ.kɐ] Rhymes: -aŋka Hyphenation: bran‧ca === Noun === branca f (plural brancas) (music) minim, half note === Adjective === branca f sg feminine singular of branco === Further reading === “branca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Italian == === Etymology === From Late Latin branca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbran.ka/ Rhymes: -anka Hyphenation: bràn‧ca === Noun === branca f (plural branche) claw (of a cat etc.) talon (of a bird) branch (of knowledge etc.) (anatomy) branch (in the plural) clutches ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ottoman Turkish: پرانقه (pranka), پرانغه (pranga)Turkish: pranga→ Albanian: pranga→ Armenian: փըռանկա (pʻəṙanka) — Constantinople→ Macedonian: пранга (pranga) === Further reading === branca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps of Celtic origin, from a hypothetical Gaulish *vranca, from Proto-Indo-European *wrónk-eh₂ (from which Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ (“hand, arm”)). Possibly influenced by bracchium (“forearm; arm; limb of an animal (e.g. claw, tentacle); branch (of a tree)”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbraŋ.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbraŋ.ka] === Noun === branca f (genitive brancae); first declension (Late Latin) paw, foot ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === "branca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Occitan == === Etymology === From Late Latin branca. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === (Languedoc) IPA(key): [ˈbɾaŋko] === Noun === branca f (plural brancas) (Languedoc, Provençal) branch ==== Alternative forms ==== brancha (Limousin) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃kɐ Homophone: Branca Hyphenation: bran‧ca === Adjective === branca feminine singular of branco === Noun === branca f (plural brancas) brain freeze (failure to remember something) === Further reading === “branca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “branca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026