different between leche vs lecher

English

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. Archaic form of lechwe.

Anagrams

• Leech, chele, leech

Cebuano

Noun

leche

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of letse

Interjection

leche

1. (vulgar, offensive) Alternative spelling of letse

Middle English

Etymology 1

Probably from Old English *læc, *lec, compare leccan (“to wet, moisten”).

Alternative forms

• lecche, lache, lacche, lac, liche, leg, lage (in names)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??t??/, /l?t??/

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. an infusion
2. a sluggish stream

Descendants

• English: leach, letch
• Yola: letch

References

• “l??ch(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French lesche, laiche, leske.

Alternative forms

• leyche, leshe, leyshe, lese, leske
• lete, lette, lethe, lede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??t??(?)/, /l?t??(?)/

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. a strip, slice (cook)

References

• “l??che, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From Old English l?ce, l?ce, from Proto-West Germanic *l?k?.

Alternative forms

• lech, lecche, lache
• læce, læche, leache, liache (early)

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. a physician or surgeon

Descendants

• English: leech (archaic)
• Yola: leech

References

• “l??che, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

From Old English l?ce, l?ce.

Alternative forms

• lech
• læce (early)

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. a bloodsucking worm

Descendants

• English: leech

References

• “l??che, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish leche, from an earlier *leite<*laite, from Vulgar Latin lactem (“milk”, masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (“milk”, neuter), from Proto-Indo-European *?lákts. Compare Catalan llet, Esperanto lakto, French lait, Friulian lat, Interlingua lacte, Italian latte, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?let??e/, [?le.t??e]
• Hyphenation: le?che

Noun

leche f (plural leches)

1. (food) milk

2. (slang, vulgar) cum, semen

   Synonym: esperma

Derived terms

• (diminutive): lechita

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: letse
• ? Tetelcingo Nahuatl: lieche

Interjection

leche

1. (vulgar, Spain) shit

Verb

leche

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

English

Alternative forms

• leachour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English lechour, from Old French lecheor (“glutton, sensualist, libertine”) , from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *lekk?n (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likk?n? (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley??- (“to lick”). More at lick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -?t??(r)

Noun

lecher (plural lechers)

1. A lecherous person.
   • 2000, Deborah Payne Fisk, The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre (page 202)

     The comedies work in very obvious ways to feminize this socially-ominous triad of young fops, old lechers, and greedy businessmen.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:libertine

Derived terms

• lech
• lecherous
• lechery

Translations

Verb

lecher (third-person singular simple present lechers, present participle lechering, simple past and past participle lechered)

1. To practice lewdness.

Further reading

• lecher in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lecher in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lecher at OneLook Dictionary Search