pochette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pochette (“pocket”). Doublet of pocket.

Noun

pochette (plural pochettes)

1. Synonym of kit violin

Anagrams

• chopette

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French pochete (“small purse, small bag”), diminutive (with suffix +‎ -ete) of puche (“purse, bag”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *pokka, *pukka (“pouch, bag”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *puk-, *pūka- (“bag, pouch”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *beu- (“to blow, swell”). Reinforced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] . Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”). Compare English pocket, derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ʃɛt/

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Noun

pochette f (plural pochettes)

1. (small) pocket
2. sleeve (of e.g. a CD)
3. clutch bag

Verb

pochette

1. inflection of pocheter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person imperative

Further reading

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