different between looch vs loach

English

Noun

looch (plural looches)

1. Alternative form of lohoch

Anagrams

• cholo, ochlo-

French

Alternative forms

• loch
• lok

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (la?q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?k/

Noun

looch m (plural loochs)

1. A lohoch, a looch.

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??t?/
• Rhymes: -??t?

Etymology 1

Wikispecies From Middle English loche, 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

loach (plural loaches)

1. A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
   1. Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae.
   2. A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae.

Derived terms

• clown loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
• dojo loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• hillstream loach (Balitoridae)
• muddy loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• oriental loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• panda loach (Yaoshania pachychilus)
• pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
• river loach (Balitoridae)
• spined loach (Cobitis taenia)
• sucking loach (Gyrinocheilus spp.)
• weather loach (Misgurnus spp.)

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References

Etymology 2

From the pronunciation of the acronym LOH (“loach”)

Noun

loach (plural loaches)

1. (slang) Synonym of LOH (light observation helicopter)