pochette

Noun

1. (feminine) pocket
2. (feminine) sleeve (of e.g. a CD)
3. (feminine) clutch bag

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of pocheter:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person) inflection of pocheter:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɔ.ʃɛt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French:

Inherited from Old French: pochete

Cognate with Middle Dutch: poke

Cognate with Swiss German: Pfoch

Cognate with Old English: pohha

Cognate with English: pocket

In summary

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French pochete (“small purse, small bag”), diminutive (with suffix -ete) of puche (“purse, bag”), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *pukô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), from Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”). Compare English pocket, derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.

Concepts

clutch bag

sleeve

bag

clutch

plastic bag

kit violin

pocket

pouch

👝

jacket

carrier bag

pouch

👝

nylon bag

pochette fiddle

drawing set

clutch purse

lucky bag

case of drawing instruments

Synonyms

boîtier

sac

trousse

pochette à compas

boite à dessin

boîte à compas

Translations

poşet

Pochette

pochette

cep mendili

küçük cep

mendil cebi

Hülle

Tanzmeistergeige

küçük kutu

Beutel

Miniaturgeige

Ärmel

Reißzeug

Clutch

moneder

Sentences

La pochette de l'album est une photographie de Terry O'Neill.

The album cover is a photograph by Terry O'Neill.