different between loche vs cloche

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)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl??/, /klo??/
• Rhymes: -??, -o??

Noun

cloche (plural cloches)

1. A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
2. A bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim.
3. A tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
4. (aviation, historical) An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.

Synonyms

• (hat): cloche hat

Translations

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (see also Welsh cloch, Old Irish cloc), ultimately imitative. Related to Old English clucge, Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke, Swedish klocka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl??/

Noun

cloche f (plural cloches)

1. bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)
2. a glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth
3. a bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim
4. a tableware cover, often resembling a bell.
5. (colloquial) a clumsy person, an oaf

Derived terms

• déménager à la cloche de bois
• sauvé par la cloche
• se taper la cloche
• son de cloche

Adjective

cloche (plural cloches)

1. (colloquial) clumsy, stupid

Derived terms

• à cloche-pied

Verb

cloche

1. first-person singular present indicative of clocher
2. third-person singular present indicative of clocher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of clocher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of clocher
5. second-person singular imperative of clocher

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology 1

From English clutch

Noun

cloche f (invariable)

1. joystick
2. gear lever (in a car)

Etymology 2

From French cloche (“bell”)

Noun

cloche f (invariable)

1. cloche hat

Middle English

Noun

cloche

1. Alternative form of cloke (“claw”)

Middle French

Etymology

Medieval Latin clocca

Noun

cloche f (plural cloches)

1. bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)

Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin clocca, probably from Celtic, compare Old Irish clocc, Welsh cloch, Manx clagg, all from Proto-Celtic *klokkos; ultimately imitative.

Noun

cloche f (oblique plural cloches, nominative singular cloche, nominative plural cloches)

1. bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cloch, clutch

Etymology

From English clutch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klot??e/, [?klo.t??e]

Noun

cloche m (plural cloches)

1. clutch

   Synonym: embrague