poche

See also poché

French

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Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French puche (“purse, small bag”), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *pokka, *pukka (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *puk-, *pūka- (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *beu- (“to blow, swell”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), from Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔʃ/, SAMPA: /pOS/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʃ
• Homophones: pochent, poches

Noun

poche f. (plural poches)

1. pocket (part of the clothing)
2. pouch (small bag, or part of small bag)
3. pouch (of a marsupial)
4. pocket (cavity)
5. poach (act of cooking by poaching)
6. The rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.

Related terms

Related terms

acheter chat en poche avoir des poches sous les yeux avoir un oursin dans sa poche dépocher empocher ne pas avoir sa langue dans sa poche pochable pochage pochard pocharder porchardise pocher pochet

pochetée pocheter pochetre pochette pocheuse pochis pochoir pochon pochothèque rempocher s’en mettre plein les poches tapocher un fou dans une poche

Verb

poche

1. first-person singular present indicative of pocher
2. third-person singular present indicative of pocher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of pocher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of pocher
5. second-person singular imperative of pocher

Adjective

poche m. (f. poche, m. plural poches, f. plural poches)

1. (Quebec, informal) lame (uninteresting)

Anagrams

• chope, chopé

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German

Verb

poche

1. First-person singular present of pochen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of pochen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of pochen.
4. Imperative singular of pochen.

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Italian

Adjective

poche f.

1. Feminine plural form of poco

Pronoun

poche f.

1. Feminine plural form of poco