different between loche vs oche

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

Possibly from Middle French oche (“notch”), from Old French ocher, ochier (“to make a notch in; to notch”),, which, according to Partridge, could be related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oche (plural oches)

1. (darts) A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart. [from 1930s]

Alternative forms

• hockey (dated)

References

Further reading

• oche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Michael Quinion (created 14 February 2004, last updated 24 February 2004) , “Oche”, in World Wide Words

References

• Partridge, Eric (2006): Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

Anagrams

• Choe, Echo, HCEO, echo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ke/

Noun

oche f

1. plural of oca