pochete

Old French

Alternative forms

alternative forms

• pochette
• poquette (Old Northern French)
• poquete (Old Northern French)
• pouchette

• pouchete
• pouquette (Old Northern French)
• pouquete (Old Northern French)

Etymology

poche +‎ -ete.

Noun

pochete oblique singular, f (oblique plural pochetes, nominative singular pochete, nominative plural pochetes)

1. small bag

Descendants

• → English: pocket (through Old Northern French poquete, Anglo-Norman poket)
• French: pochette

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French pochette (“small pocket”).

Noun

pochete f (plural pochetes)

1. fanny pack (small fabric pouch worn at the waist by a strap around the hips)