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poche.

pocket (part of the clothing)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɔʃ/

  1. pocket (part of the clothing)

    feminine

  2. pouch (small bag, or part of small bag)

    feminine

  3. pouch (of a marsupial)

    feminine

  4. pocket (cavity)

    feminine

  5. poach (act of cooking by poaching)

    feminine

  6. ladle (container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal)

    feminine

  7. The rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French poche, from Old French puche, poche (“purse, small bag”), from Frankish *pokkō, *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag, pouch”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), via Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), and English pocket; compare also pouch.

adj/pɔʃ/

  1. lame, boring, dull

    Quebec · informal

  2. bad, untalented, sucky

    Quebec · informal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French poche, from Old French puche, poche (“purse, small bag”), from Frankish *pokkō, *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag, pouch”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), via Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), and English pocket; compare also pouch.

verb/pɔʃ/

  1. inflection of pocher: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of pocher: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French poche, from Old French puche, poche (“purse, small bag”), from Frankish *pokkō, *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag, pouch”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), via Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), and English pocket; compare also pouch.

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