taloche

French

Etymology

As per Rey (2013) in Dictionnaire historique de la langue française : First attested (1320), a resuffixation of Old French talevaz (attested 1155), itself from Latin talapacium, which in turn was from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.lɔʃ/

Noun

taloche f (plural taloches)

1. (colloquial) cuff, clout
2. float (tool used for smoothing concrete, plaster, etc.)

Verb

taloche

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

Further reading

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