n. branche; brindille, rameau; ramification; filiale, succursale; branche, bras (cours d'eau); agence, bureau; secteur; discipline, spécialité; branchement; service, direction

v. se ramifier, diviser en branches, se séparer; étendre; bifurquer (route)

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Part of a NATO headquarters division responsible for a major functional area. See also cell; division; section. 1/7/88

Partie d'une division qui, dans l'organisation d'un état-major OTAN, est responsable d'un domaine fonctionnel majeur. Voir aussi cellule; division; section. 1/7/88

branch1 [brA:ntG] n
(a)branche f, rameau m (d'un arbre);
the branches, le branchage, les branches;
(b)branche f, embranchement m (d'une route, d'un chemin de fer); branche, bras m (d'un fleuve); branche (de chandelier, d'une famille, d'une science etc); Min rameau m (d'une galerie); Anat Math branche (d'artère, d'une courbe);
the different branches of industry, les différentes branches de l'industrie;
Rail branch line, (ligne f d')embranchement;
(c)Admin Com succursale f (d'une société, d'une banque);
branch office, agence f;
(d)Mil arme f (du service); service m, direction f (de l'administration); bureau m (d'état-major);
(e)Comptr branchement m.

branch2 vi
(a)(of road etc) bifurquer;
at the point where the road branches, à la bifurcation de la route;
(b)(of tree) faire des branches.

branche d'assurance, filiale (RL)

branche de l'assurance de choses (Sachs, 2e)

n. bough, branch of a tree; subdivision that extends from the main part of something (that usually extends from a river, road, etc.; local office or local shop of a large business or organization; limb

v. fork, divide into branches

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Noun
1. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"
(synonym) subdivision, arm
(hypernym) division
(hyponym) post office, local post office
2. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
(hypernym) stalk, stem
(hyponym) deadwood
(part-meronym) bark
3. a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"
(synonym) fork, leg, ramification
(hypernym) subfigure
(hyponym) bifurcation
(part-holonym) furcation, forking
(derivation) ramify, fork, furcate, separate
4. a natural consequence of development
(synonym) outgrowth, offshoot, offset
(hypernym) consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
5. a stream or river connected to a larger one
(hypernym) stream, watercourse
(hyponym) billabong
(derivation) ramify, fork, furcate, separate
6. any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"
(synonym) arm, limb
(hypernym) projection

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Verb
1. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
(synonym) ramify
(hypernym) grow
(verb-group) ramify, fork, furcate, separate
2. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
(synonym) ramify, fork, furcate, separate
(hypernym) diverge
(hyponym) arborize, arborise
(see-also) diversify, branch out, broaden
(verb-group) ramify
(derivation) fork, leg, ramification

n. větev; pobočka; sekce; odvětví; rameno; větev; místní komunikace; lokálka

v. odbočit; vybočit (z čeho); rozšířit svou činnost (o co)

Rzecz. gałąź; oddział; filia; gałąź; dziedzina

Czas. rozgałęziać się; rozwidlać się; poszerzać działalność