leche

See also: leché, léché, lèche, and -leche

English

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. Archaic form of lechwe.

Anagrams

• Leech, chele, leech

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Cebuano

Noun

leche

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of letse

Interjection

leche

1. (vulgar, offensive) Alternative spelling of letse

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Probably from Old English *læc, *lec, compare leccan (“to wet, moisten”).

Alternative forms

• lecche, lache, lacche, lac, liche, leg, lage (in names)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ/, /lɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. an infusion
2. a sluggish stream

Descendants

• English: leach, letch
• Yola: letch

References

• “lē̆ch(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French lesche, laiche, leske.

Alternative forms

• leyche, leshe, leyshe, lese, leske
• lete, lette, lethe, lede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /lɛt͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. a strip, slice (cook)

References

• “lē̆che, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From Old English lēce, lǣce, from Proto-West Germanic *lākī.

Alternative forms

• lech, lecche, lache
• læce, læche, leache, liache (early)

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. a physician or surgeon

Descendants

• English: leech (archaic)
• Yola: leech

References

• “lẹ̄che, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

From Old English lēce, lǣce.

Alternative forms

• lech
• læce (early)

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. a bloodsucking worm

Descendants

• English: leech

References

• “lẹ̄che, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Spanish

Leche

Etymology

From Old Spanish leche, from an earlier *leite<*laite, from Vulgar Latin lactem (“milk”, masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (“milk”, neuter), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Catalan llet, Esperanto lakto, French lait, Friulian lat, Interlingua lacte, Italian latte, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/, [ˈle.t͡ʃe]
• Hyphenation: le‧che

Noun

leche f (plural leches)

1. (food) milk

   Prefiero el café con leche y azúcar.

   I prefer coffee with milk and sugar.

2. (slang, vulgar) cum, semen

   Synonym: esperma

   Había leche en sus pantalones.

   There was cum on his pants.

Derived terms

• (diminutive): lechita

• arroz con leche
• a toda leche
• blanca y en botella, leche
• café con leche
• cagando leches
• cagarse en la leche
• diente de leche
• dulce de leche
• extractor de leche
• la leche
• leche asada
• leche condensada
• leche de almendra
• leche de arroz
• leche de avellana
• leche de avena
• leche de cáñamo
• leche de coco
• leche desnatada
• leche de soja
• leche de tigre
• leche frita
• leche materna
• lechería f
• lechero
• mala leche
• me cago en la leche
• mil leches
• ni qué leches
• perro de mil leches
• pez de leche
• sacaleche
• sacaleches

 

Related terms

• lactar
• lácteo
• lechar
• lechera
• lechero
• lechoso
• lechuga

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: letse
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: lieche

Interjection

leche

1. (vulgar, Philippines, Spain) shit

Verb

leche

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

Further reading

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