perche

See also: Perche, pèrche, perché, perchè, and perche'

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁʃ/

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Etymology 1

From Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

Noun

perche f (plural perches)

1. perch (type of fish)

Etymology 2

From Old French perche, from Latin pertica, through a contracted (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  form *pert'ca. Compare Catalan perxa.

Noun

perche f (plural perches)

1. pole
2. (sports) pole-vaulting; pole
3. (skiing) T-bar
4. boom (for microphone etc.)
5. perch (for birds)
6. rod (unit of length)
7. (aeronautics) probe

Derived terms

• saut à la perche
• tendre la perche

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

perche

1. first-person singular present indicative of percher
2. third-person singular present indicative of percher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of percher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of percher
5. second-person singular imperative of percher

Anagrams

• pécher, pêcher, prêche, prêché

Further reading

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

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Interlingue

Noun

1. perch

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpərtʃ(ə)/

Noun

perche (plural perches or perche)

2. perch (kind of fish).

Descendants

• English: perch

References

• “perche (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French perche, from Latin pertica.

Alternative forms

• perch, preche, perdge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpərtʃ(ə)/

Noun

perche (plural perches or perche)

2. A stake, bar or pole, usually running lengthwise.
3. A perch (a resting place for fowl)
4. A perch (a unit of length or area)

Related terms

• perchyn
• percher

Descendants

• English: perch

References

• “perche (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.

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Spanish

Verb

perche

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