different between loche vs louche

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

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Noun

loche m (plural loches)

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French louche.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lu??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /lu?/
• Rhymes: -u??

Adjective

louche (comparative more louche, superlative most louche)

1. Of questionable taste or morality; decadent.
2. Not reputable or decent.
3. Unconventional and slightly disreputable in an attractive manner; raffish, rakish.

Verb

louche (third-person singular simple present louches, present participle louching, simple past and past participle louched)

1. (transitive) To make (an alcoholic beverage, e.g. absinthe or ouzo) cloudy by mixing it with water, due to the presence of anethole. This is known as the ouzo effect.

Translations

Further reading

• Ouzo effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French louche, from Latin lusca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu.??/
• Hyphenation: lou?che

Adjective

louche (comparative loucher, superlative meest louche or louchest)

1. seedy, fishy, shady

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?/

Etymology 1

From Old French lousche, from Latin lusca, feminine of luscus (“one-eyed”) ( > Old French lois). Compare Italian losco and Portuguese lusco.

Adjective

louche (plural louches)

1. (dated) cross-eyed
2. (by extension) cloudy; obscure
3. (figuratively) shady; dubious; seedy; shifty

Derived terms

Noun

louche f (plural louches)

1. (in a liquid) cloudiness due to a suspension of fine particles

Descendants

• ? English: louche
• ? Dutch: louche

Etymology 2

A dialectal (Norman-Picard) form of Old French louce, loce, from Old Frankish *l?tija, from Proto-Germanic *hl?þþij?. Cognate with Dutch loet (“a tool to scrape or shovel”). More at loot.

Noun

louche f (plural louches)

1. ladle

Etymology 3

Regular conjugation of -er verb loucher

Verb

louche

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

Further reading

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