galoche

See also: galoché

English

Noun

galoche (plural galoches)

1. Alternative spelling of galosh

Anagrams

• lochage

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Danish

Etymology

From French galoche (“clog, galosh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalɔsjə/, [ɡ̊aˈlʌɕə]

Noun

galoche c (singular definite galochen, plural indefinite galocher)

1. galoche, galosh, galoshe

Inflection

Declension of galoche

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	galoche	galochen	galocher	galocherne
genitive	galoches	galochens	galochers	galochernes

Further reading

• “galoche” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.lɔʃ/

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Etymology 1

Of unclear origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *calopia, from calopodia, from Ancient Greek καλόπους (kalópous, “shoemaker's last”). Alternatively from a Vulgar Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (“Gallic shoe”). Other origins have also been proposed.

Noun

galoche f (plural galoches)

1. clog (shoe with a wooden sole)
2. a chin that is long and pointed
3. (slang) French kiss

Derived terms

• galocher
• rouler une galoche

Descendants

• → Czech: galoše
• → Danish: galoche
• → German: Galosche
• → Italian: caloscia, galoscia
• → Latvian: galoša
• → Polish: kalosz
• → Romanian: galoș
• → Turkish: galoş
• → Swedish: galosch

Etymology 2

Verb

galoche

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

Further reading

• “galoche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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Italian

Etymology

From French galoche.

Noun

galoche f (invariable)

1. galosh

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old French galoche.

Noun

galoche

1. A clog or patten.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche.

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