ditch

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
2. A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.

Verb

1. To discard or abandon.
2. To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
3. To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
4. To dig ditches.
5. To dig ditches around.
6. To throw into a ditch.

Verb

Alternative form of deech

Concepts

fossé

rigole

fosse

tranchée

laisser tomber

jeter

caniveau

gouttière

égout

canal

ruisseau

sécher

canaliser

installer les canalisations

se débarrasser de

écoulement des eaux

abandonner

débarrasser

larguer

faire l'école buissonnière

douve

cuvette

cavité creusée

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪt͡ʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.