different between notorious vs louche

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin n?t?rius (“widely or fully known”), from n?tus (“known”), perfect passive participle of n?sc? (“get to know”). First attested 1548. Negative sense appeared in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: n?-tôr??-?s, n?-tôr??-?s IPA^(key): /n??t??i?s/, /no??t??i?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n???t?????s/
• Rhymes: -???i?s
• Hyphenation: no?to?ri?ous

Adjective

notorious (comparative more notorious, superlative most notorious)

1. Widely known, especially for something negative; infamous.

   Synonyms: ill-famed, infamous

   Antonym: famous

Derived terms

• notoriously
• notoriousness
• unnotorious

Related terms

• notoriety

Translations

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).