flitch

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
2. A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).

Verb

To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.

Concepts

flèche

Synonymes

side of bacon

saw

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Traductions

direk

Heilbuttschnitte

φέτα χοιρινού

لحم الخنزير المدخّن

filete de pescado

tuzlanmış domuz döşü

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/flɪtʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: flicche

Hérité de ancien anglais: fliċċe

Appartenant à bas-allemand: flikke

Appartenant à français: flèche

Appartenant à islandais: flikki

Appartenant à Middle Low German: vlicke

In summary

From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke.