mèche

(Anglais)

1. (feminine) wick (of candle)
2. (feminine) fuse (of a bomb)
3. (feminine) lock, tuft (of hair); streak (of colour, etc., in hair)
4. (feminine) packing
5. (feminine) drill bit
6. (feminine) hair
7. (feminine) cracker, popper, snapper (string tied to the end of a whip)
8. (feminine) rudderpost, (rudder) post

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɛʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de ancien français: mesche

Hérité de latin: myxa

In summary

Inherited from Old French mesche, via Late Latin *micca or Vulgar Latin *mysca, alteration of Latin myxa (“sebesten tree”).

Synonymes

foret

touffe

mèche de bougie

cordeau

🪢

tresse

couette

épi

👂

Traductions

wick

Docht

mecha

mecha

🔒

stoppino

lont

fuse

fitil

knot

pit

lampepit

kousje

lucignolo

lock

🔒

pavio