pêche

See also: peche, Peche, péché, peché, pèche, and pêché

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʃ/

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  • Homophone: pèche
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ
• IPA^(key): /pɛːʃ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium, Canada)
  • (Quebec) IPA^(key): [paɪ̯ʃ]

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Etymology 1

From Middle French pesche, from Old French pesche, from Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca), from Late Latin persica, from Latin persicum. Doublet of persique.

Noun

pêche f (plural pêches)

1. (countable) peach

Related terms

• (peach): pêcher

Etymology 2

Deverbal of pêcher.

Noun

pêche f (plural pêches)

1. (uncountable) fishing, angling

Derived terms

• avoir la pêche
• pêche à la ligne

Related terms

• (fishing, angling): pêcher, pêcherie, pêcheur, pêcheuse, surpêche, poisson
• (rescue): repêcher
• (sport): repechage

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French pesche, from Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca), from Late Latin persica, from Latin persicum.

Noun

pêche f (plural pêches)

1. (Jersey) peach

Derived terms

• pêchi (“peach tree”)