Feminine

mèche

Meaning

  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

Frequency

C1
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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