different between louche vs bouche

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).

English

Etymology 1

From French bouche (“mouth, victuals”). Doublet of bocca.

Alternative forms

• bouch

Noun

bouche (plural bouches)

1. (obsolete) An allowance of food and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court.

Etymology 2

Verb

bouche (third-person singular simple present bouches, present participle bouching, simple past and past participle bouched)

1. Alternative form of bush (to line)

Noun

bouche (plural bouches)

1. Alternative form of bush (a lining)

French

Etymology

From Middle French bouche, from Old French boche, buche, from Latin bucca. Doublet of bouque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?/

Noun

bouche f (plural bouches)

1. mouth

Synonyms

• gueule (vulgar)
• clapet (informal)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French boche, buche, from Latin bucca.

Noun

bouche f (plural bouches)

1. mouth

Descendants

• French: bouche