Feminine
mèche
Meaning
- (feminine) wick (of candle)
- (feminine) fuse (of a bomb)
- (feminine) lock, tuft (of hair); streak (of colour, etc., in hair)
- (feminine) packing
- (feminine) drill bit
- (feminine) hair
- (feminine) cracker, popper, snapper (string tied to the end of a whip)
- (feminine) rudderpost, (rudder) post
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Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mɛʃ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French mesche, via Late Latin *micca or Vulgar Latin *mysca, alteration of Latin myxa (“sebesten tree”).
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