Polyglot Dictionary

brancard

/bʁɑ̃.kaʁ/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les brancards

Meaning

  1. stretcher

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

civière

brancard and civière are close synonyms for "stretcher," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

camilla

camilla is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "stretcher."

Portuguese

maca

maca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "stretcher."

Practice

1 What does brancard mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les infirmiers portent le blessé sur un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches brancard?

noun

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