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title="branca – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sängö</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/branca" title="branca – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="branca" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div 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Compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_language" class="extiw" title="w:Occitan language">Occitan</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="oc"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Occitan">branca</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Catalan_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Catalan pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Catalan" class="extiw" title="w:Central Catalan">Central</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic_Catalan" class="extiw" title="w:Balearic Catalan">Balearic</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈbɾaŋ.kə]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Catalan_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Catalan pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Valencian language">Valencia</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈbɾaŋ.ka]</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q7026_(cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-branca.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-branca.wav/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-branca.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-branca.wav/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-branca.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-branca.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q7026_(cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-branca.wav" title="File:LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-branca.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ca">branca</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-ca p-form-of" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/branques#Catalan" title="branques">branques</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/branch" title="branch">branch</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/branc#Catalan" title="branc">branc</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/brancal#Catalan" title="brancal">brancal</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/brancam#Catalan" title="brancam">brancam</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/brancar#Catalan" title="brancar">brancar</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/w/index.php?title=brancatge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="brancatge (page does not exist)">brancatge</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/w/index.php?title=branc%C3%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="brancó (page does not exist)">brancó</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dlc.iec.cat/Results?EntradaText=branca&AllInfoMorf=False&OperEntrada=0&OperDef=0&OperEx=0&OperSubEntrada=0&OperAreaTematica=0&InfoMorfType=0&OperCatGram=False&AccentSen=False&CurrentPage=0&refineSearch=0">“branca”</a> in <i>Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_d%27Estudis_Catalans" class="extiw" title="w:Institut d'Estudis Catalans">Institut d’Estudis Catalans</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=branca">“branca”</a> in <i>Diccionari català-valencià-balear</i>, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Galician">Galician</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Galician phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbɾaŋka/</span> <span class="IPA">[ˈbɾɑŋ.kɐ]</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Galician/a%C5%8Bka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Galician/aŋka (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-aŋka</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="gl">bran‧ca</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="gl">branca</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> <abbr title="singular number">sg</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#gender" title="Appendix:Glossary">feminine</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/branco#Galician" title="branco">branco</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian">Italian</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Late Latin">Late Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">branca</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Italian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Italian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbran.ka/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Italian/anka" title="Rhymes:Italian/anka"><span class="IPA">-anka</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="it">bràn‧ca</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="it">branca</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-it p-form-of" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/branche#Italian" title="branche">branche</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/claw" title="claw">claw</a> (of a cat etc.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/talon" title="talon">talon</a> (of a bird)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/branch" title="branch">branch</a> (of knowledge etc.)</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/anatomy" title="anatomy">anatomy</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/branch" title="branch">branch</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">in the <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/clutches" title="clutches">clutches</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" 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(page does not exist)">پرانغه</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ota-Latn" class="tr Latn">pranga</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><ul><li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/pranga#Turkish" title="pranga">pranga</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Albanian: <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/pranga#Albanian" title="pranga">pranga</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D6%83%D5%A8%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="փըռանկա (page does not exist)">փըռանկա</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">pʻəṙanka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> — <span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Istanbul" class="extiw" title="w:Armenians in Istanbul">Constantinople</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/branca">branca<sup></sup></a> in Treccani.it – <i>Vocabolario Treccani on line</i>, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin">Latin</h2></div> <p><span class="attentionseeking" lang="la" title="needs checking"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology</h3></div> <p>Perhaps of <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_languages" class="extiw" title="w:Celtic languages">Celtic</a></span> origin, from a hypothetical <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulish" class="extiw" title="w:Gaulish">Gaulish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="cel-gau"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Gaulish/vranca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Gaulish/vranca (page does not exist)">*vranca</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*wrónk-eh₂</i> (from which <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Balto-Slavic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Balto-Slavic language">Proto-Balto-Slavic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-bsl-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/r%C3%A1nk%C4%81%CB%80" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ránkāˀ">*ránkāˀ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">hand, arm</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>). Possibly influenced by <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/bracchium#Latin" title="bracchium">bracchium</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">forearm; arm; limb of an animal (e.g. claw, tentacle); branch (of a tree)</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">branca</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>genitive</i> <b class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancae#Latin" title="brancae">brancae</a></b>)</span>; <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_first_declension" title="Appendix:Latin first declension">first declension</a></i> <span class="usage-label-term"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Late Latin">Late Latin</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/paw" title="paw">paw</a>, <a href="/wiki/foot" title="foot">foot</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_first_declension" title="Appendix:Latin first declension">First-declension</a> noun.</p><div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-narrow inflection-table-cyan inflection-table-no-title" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r82767548">.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper{padding:3px;margin:0.5em 0;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue);border:1px solid var(--wikt-palette-grey)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper.inflection-table-narrow{}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-wrapper.inflection-table-no-title{border:0;padding:0}@media all and 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.inflection-table-grey th{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-grey th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-4)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown.inflection-table-no-title table{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-0)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th.outer{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-4)}</style> <table class="inflection-table inflection-table-la"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>singular </th> <th>plural </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/nominative_case" title="nominative case">nominative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|s-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><strong class="selflink">branca</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|p-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancae#Latin" title="brancae">brancae</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/genitive_case" title="genitive case">genitive</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|s-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancae#Latin" title="brancae">brancae</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|p-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancarum#Latin" title="brancarum">brancārum</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/dative_case" title="dative case">dative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|s-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancae#Latin" title="brancae">brancae</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|p-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancis#Latin" title="brancis">brancīs</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/accusative_case" title="accusative case">accusative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|s-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancam#Latin" title="brancam">brancam</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|p-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancas#Latin" title="brancas">brancās</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ablative_case" title="ablative case">ablative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|s-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><strong class="selflink">brancā</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|p-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancis#Latin" title="brancis">brancīs</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/vocative_case" title="vocative case">vocative</a> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|s-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><strong class="selflink">branca</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|p-form-of origin-branca" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/brancae#Latin" title="brancae">brancae</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_2">Descendants</h4></div> <div class="derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"> <ul><li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Catalan">branca</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>English: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/branch#English" title="branch">branch</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Old French: <span class="Latn" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/branche#Old_French" title="branche">branche</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">branch</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><ul><li>Bourguignon: <span class="Latn" lang="roa-brg"><a href="/wiki/brainche#Bourguignon" title="brainche">brainche</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Champenois: <span class="Latn" lang="roa-cha"><a href="/wiki/brainche#Champenois" title="brainche">brainche</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Troyen</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="roa-cha"><a href="/wiki/brainte#Champenois" title="brainte">brainte</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Rémois</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Franc-Comtois: <span class="Latn" lang="roa-fcm"><a href="/wiki/braintche#Franc-Comtois" title="braintche">braintche</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/branche#French" title="branche">branche</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Lorrain: <span class="Latn" lang="roa-lor"><a href="/wiki/brainche#Lorrain" title="brainche">brainche</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Norman: <span class="Latn" lang="nrf"><a href="/w/index.php?title=braunque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="braunque (page does not exist)">braunque</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Continental Normandy</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nrf"><a href="/wiki/branque#Norman" title="branque">branque</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Jèrriais</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nrf"><a href="/w/index.php?title=br%C3%A0nque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="brànque (page does not exist)">brànque</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Guernésiais</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Picard: <span class="Latn" lang="pcd"><a href="/wiki/branke#Picard" title="branke">branke</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li>Poitevin-Saintongeais: <span class="Latn" lang="roa-poi"><a href="/wiki/branche#Poitevin-Saintongeais" title="branche">branche</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Middle English: <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/braunche#Middle_English" title="braunche">braunche</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Pranke#German" title="Pranke">Pranke</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Italian">branca</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Occitan: <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Occitan">branca</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/br%C3%A2nc%C4%83#Romanian" title="brâncă">brâncă</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">hand</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">branca</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="la"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/BRANCA">branca</a></span> in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_du_Fresne,_sieur_du_Cange#Works" class="extiw" title="w:Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange"><i>Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis</i></a> (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occitan">Occitan</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Late Latin">Late Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">branca</a></i>. <span class="maintenance-line"><i>This <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Etymology" title="Wiktionary:Etymology">etymology</a> is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. </i></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languedocien_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:Languedocien dialect">Languedoc</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occitan_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Occitan phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[ˈbɾaŋko]</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; 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title="w:Provençal dialect">Provençal</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/branch" title="branch">branch</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/brancha#Occitan" title="brancha">brancha</a></span> (Limousin)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_5">Pronunciation</h3></div> <div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/</span></li></ul></div> <p><span></span> </p> <ul><li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Portuguese/%C9%90%CC%83k%C9%90" title="Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃kɐ"><span class="IPA">-ɐ̃kɐ</span></a></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Branca#Portuguese" title="Branca">Branca</a></span></span></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="pt">bran‧ca</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_2">Adjective</h3></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt">branca</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#gender" title="Appendix:Glossary">feminine</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/branco#Portuguese" title="branco">branco</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" 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