perche

See also: Perche, pèrche, perché, perchè, and perche'

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁʃ/

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Etymology 1

From Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

Noun

perche f (plural perches)

1. perch (type of fish)

Derived terms

• perche commune
• perche de mer
• perche de rivière
• perche européenne
• perche franche

 

Etymology 2

From Old French perche, from Latin pertica, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *pert'ca. Compare Catalan perxa.

Noun

perche f (plural perches)

1. pole
2. (sports) pole-vaulting; pole
3. (skiing) T-bar
4. boom (for microphone etc.)
5. perch (for birds)
6. rod (unit of length)
7. (aeronautics) probe

Derived terms

• saut à la perche
• tendre la perche
• tendre une perche

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

perche

1. inflection of percher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• pécher, pêcher, prêche, prêché

Further reading

• “perche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.ke/
• Rhymes: -ɛrke
• Hyphenation: pèr‧che

Noun

perche

1. plural of perca

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpərtʃ(ə)/

Noun

perche (plural perches or perche)

2. perch (kind of fish).

Descendants

• English: perch

References

• “perche, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French perche, from Latin pertica.

Alternative forms

• perch, preche, perdge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpərtʃ(ə)/

Noun

perche (plural perches or perche)

2. A stake, bar or pole, usually running lengthwise.
3. A perch (a resting place for fowl)
4. A perch (a unit of length or area)

Related terms

• perchyn
• percher

Descendants

• English: perch

References

• “perche, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.

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Spanish

Verb

perche

1. inflection of perchar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative