anche

See also: anché and -anche

French

Noun

anche f (plural anches)

1. (music) reed
2. A chute by which flour falls from the mill to the bin.

Further reading

• “anche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Etymology

From earlier anco, either from Old Occitan ancui, from a contraction of the Latin locution hanc hodie (“in this day”) or from contraction of (ad) hanc (hōram) (“in this hour”) (whence also ancora).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanke/, [ˈäŋ.ke]
• Hyphenation: àn‧che
• Rhymes: -anke

Adverb

anche

1. also, too, as well, besides
2. even

Derived terms

• anch'io
• anche se

Noun

anche f

1. plural of anca

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Spanish

Verb

anche

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of anchar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of anchar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of anchar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of anchar.