potiche

English

Etymology

From French potiche.

Noun

potiche (plural potiches)

1. (ceramics) A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.

Anagrams

• copieth, heptoic, pitheco-

French

Etymology

From pot +‎ -iche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.tiʃ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

potiche f (plural potiches)

1. porcelain vase
2. figurehead (person); window dressing
3. (chiefly Europe) trophy wife

Descendants

• → English: potiche

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

English potbor.

French pot

French -iche

French potichebor.

Portuguese potiche

Borrowed from French potiche.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈt͡ʃi.ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈti.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈti.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈtit.ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: po‧ti‧che

Noun

potiche m (plural potiches)

1. (ceramics) potiche

Further reading

• “potiche”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026