bernache
Pronunciation: /bɛʁ.naʃ/
“bernache” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:
noun
In French
- Oie sauvage, palmipède migrateur.
- Nom vernaculaire ambigu désignant divers types de crustacés de l'infra-classe des cirripèdes, qui s'accrochent aux rochers ou autres substrats périodiquement immergés, tels les anatifes, les balanes, etc.
- L'un des noms vernaculaires des patelles, terme générique ambigu désignant divers mollusques lamellibranches appartenant à au moins sept familles différentes.
- Vin non totalement fermenté vendu à l’époque des vendanges, également appelé selon les régions bourru, vin doux ou vin nouveau.
Etymology
From Old French (Norman-Picard) bernaque, bernicle (1270), from Gaulish *bernacula "barnacle" (cf. Irish bairneach, Breton and Welsh brennig), from *barenos "rock" (cf. Irish barenn). The sense evolution is due to the popular belief that barnacle geese, a type of brant, were born out of barnacles (the sea creature).
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More French words
- bermudois
- berméricourtois
- bernable
- bernacais
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- bernache des îles Sandwich
- bernache du Canada
- bernache nonnette
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