different between fritz vs boche

English

Etymology

Unknown. See on the fritz, which appeared in 1902. Possibly from German name Fritz, or onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??ts/
• Rhymes: -?ts

Noun

fritz (uncountable)

1. (US, informal) The state of being defective.
2. (Australia, chiefly South Australia) A type of processed meat sausage; devon
   • 2000, Peter Cerexhe, John Ashton, Risky Foods, Safer Choices: Avoiding Food Poisoning, page 52,

     Generally, cooked deli products include Devon, Strasbourg sausage, Polish sausage, fritz, cabanossi or cabana, mortadella, and well-cooked roast beef (brown/grey in colour).

Usage notes

Used especially in the expression on the fritz.

Verb

fritz (third-person singular simple present fritzes, present participle fritzing, simple past and past participle fritzed)

1. (intransitive) To go wrong or become defective.

Related terms

• on the fritz

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.