different between boche vs bache

English

Noun

boche (plural boches)

1. Alternative form of Boche

French

Etymology

Either directly from tête de boche (“stubbornhead”), perhaps derived from caboche (“head”); or shortened from alboche, an alternation of allemand (“German”) influenced by tête de boche or the element -boche in rigolboche (“funny dance”), the latter perhaps ultimately from bamboche (“large marionette”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

boche m or f (plural boches) (often capitalized)

1. (derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) Boche, Kraut, German

   Synonyms: chleuh, schleu, fritz

Further reading

• “boche” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

Compare bocha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?t??e?/

Noun

boche m (plural boches)

1. lung

   Synonyms: bofe, livián, pulmón

2. sausage made with pork lungs

References

• “boche” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “boche” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “boche” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old French

Alternative forms

• bocce
• boce
• bouche
• buche

Etymology

From Latin bucca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu.t??/

Noun

boche f (oblique plural boches, nominative singular boche, nominative plural boches)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Descendants

• Middle French: bouche
  • French: bouche
• Norman: bouoche
• Walloon: boutche

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• boghe, voghe, voche
• boxi (campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin v?cem, accusative form of v?x.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?boke/

Noun

boche f (plural boches)

1. voice

Spanish

Verb

boche

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bochar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bochar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of bochar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bochar.

English

Etymology

Possibly a dialectal form of Middle English *becck, *betch, from to Old English *becc (“stream”), from Proto-Germanic *bakjaz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?og- (“flowing water, stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“brook”). More at beck.

Noun

bache (plural baches)

1. (obsolete) The dale of a stream or rivulet.

Anagrams

• Beach, beach

Spanish

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bat??e/, [?ba.t??e]

Noun

bache m (plural baches)

1. pothole, bump
2. rut, tricky/barren spell

Derived terms

• bachear

Further reading

• “bache” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

West Flemish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bâche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba??/
• Rhymes: -a??
• Hyphenation: ba?che

Noun

bache f

1. tarpaulin