different between oche vs ocher

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

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?k?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Noun

ocher (plural ochers)

1. Alternative spelling of ochre
   • 1973 July, Melville Bell Grosvenor, Homeward with Ulysses, published in National Geographic, volume 144, number 1:

     […] facing the sea with buff and ocher houses that rise five or six stories above a curving boulevard […]

Verb

ocher (third-person singular simple present ochers, present participle ochering, simple past and past participle ochered)

1. Alternative spelling of ochre

Anagrams

• -chore, Roche, chore, ochre, roche