loche

See also: lochę and -loche

English

Noun

loche (plural loches)

1. Alternative form of loach (“kind of fish”)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “loche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Chloe, Chloë, Cohle, HELOC, c-hole, chole, chole-

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old French loche, further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *laukka (“loach”), which could be from Gaulish *leuca (“loach, slug”), also attested as the feminine name Leuca, from leux (“bright, light”), a reference to slugs' bright appearance, the fish later being associated due to similarities to the slug.

Noun

loche f (plural loches)

1. (zoology) one of the several species of giant slugs belonging to the families and Limacidae
2. (zoology) one of the several species of loach belonging to a number of different orders

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

loche f (plural loches)

1. (slang) breast

   Mec, regarde-moi cette paire de loches !

   Synonym: nichon

Further reading

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

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

loche

1. inflection of lochen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

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Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

loche m (plural loches)

1. (Peru) pumpkin, crookneck pumpkin, butternut squash, winter squash
2. (Andalusia) ginger (color)

Further reading

• “loche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014