different between leche vs loche

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

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)