different between boche vs loche

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

Noun

loche (plural loches)

1. Alternative form of loach (“kind of fish”)

Anagrams

• Chloe, Chloë, Cohle, HELOC, c-hole, chole, chole-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??/

Etymology 1

From Old French loche, further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *laukka (“loach”), which could be from Gaulish *leuca (“loach, slug”), also attested as the feminine name Leuca, from leux (“bright, light”), a reference to slugs' bright appearance, the fish later being associated due to similarities to the slug.

Noun

loche f (plural loches)

1. (zoology) one of the several species of giant slugs belonging to the Arionidae and Limacidae families
2. (zoology) one of the several species of loaches belonging to a number of different orders

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

loche f (plural loches)

1. (slang) breast

   Mec, regarde-moi cette paire de loches !

   Synonym: nichon

Further reading

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

References

German

Pronunciation

Verb

loche

1. inflection of lochen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

loche m (plural loches)

1. (Peru) pumpkin, crookneck pumpkin, butternut squash, winter squash
2. (Andalusia) ginger (color)