poche
Meaning
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- pocket (part of the clothing)
- pouch (small bag, or part of small bag)
- pouch (of a marsupial)
- pocket (cavity)
- poach (act of cooking by poaching)
- the rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black
- ladle (container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal)
Concepts
Synonyms
petit sac
blague à tabac
cuillère à pot
poche de pantalon
sac postal
valise diplomatique
poche pantalon
marsupium
poche de minerai
poche minéralisée
mastothèque
étui à munitions
sac à porter
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɔʃ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French poche, from Old French puche, poche (“purse, small bag”), from Frankish *pokkō, *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *pukô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), via Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), and English pocket; compare also pouch.
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