taloche

Meaning

Noun

1. (colloquial, feminine) cuff, clout
2. (feminine) float (tool used for smoothing concrete, plaster, etc.)

Verb

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

Concepts

slap in the face

cuff

cuff on the nape

clout

spanking

thump

slap

Synonyms

gifle

claque

torgnole

baffe

beigne

mornifle

tape

calotte

cuña

soufflet

tapette

tarte

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Translations

Ohrfeige

şamar

vassoio

tokat

scapaccione

bofetada

frattazzo

cogotazo

Schlag auf den Hinterkopf

pescozón

Maulschelle

scappellotto

Backenstreich

ceffone

sberla

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ta.lɔʃ/

Etymology

As per Rey (2013) in Dictionnaire historique de la langue française : First attested (1320), a resuffixation of Old French talevaz (attested 1155), itself from Latin talapacium, which in turn was from Gaulish.