pioche

See also: Pioche and pioché

French

Etymology

From pic +‎ -oche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɔʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʃ

Noun

pioche f (plural pioches)

1. pickaxe
2. (card games) stock (stack of undealt cards made available to the players)
3. (informal, by extension) chance, luck

   mauvaise pioche ― short straw

Descendants

• → Chadian Arabic: پييس (piyēs)
• → Senhaja de Srair: appiyuc

Further reading

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