branca

From Late Latin branca, possibly of Gaulish or other pre-Roman origin. Compare Occitan branca.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaŋ.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaŋ.ka/

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branca f (plural branques)

1. branch

• branc
• brancal
• brancam
• brancar
• brancatge
• brancó

• “branca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “branca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

branca f sg

1. feminine singular of branco

From Late Latin branca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbran.ka/
• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: bràn‧ca

branca f (plural branche)

1. claw (of a cat etc.)
2. talon (of a bird)
3. branch (of knowledge etc.)
4. (anatomy) branch
5. (in the plural) clutches

• branco
• sbrancare

• branca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Gaulish *uranka, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /ˈbranka/

branca f (genitive brancae); first declension (Late Latin)

1. paw, foot

First-declension noun.

• branca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Late Latin branca. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• (Languedoc) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaŋko/

branca f (plural brancas)

1. (Languedoc, Provençal) branch

• brancha (Limousin)

• Hyphenation: bran‧ca
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃kɐ

branca

1. feminine singular of branco