different between tach vs tch

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of tachometer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

tach (plural tachs)

1. (informal) Tachometer

Etymology 2

Backslang for hat (with /t?/ substituted for the /h/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?

Noun

tach (plural taches)

1. (obsolete, costermongers) A hat.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Noun

tach (uncountable)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Tachycardia.

Anagrams

• ACTH, CHAT, Cath, cath, cath., chat

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• dach (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-Germanic *þak? (“roof, cover”). Cognate with German Dach, English thack.

Noun

tach f

1. (Luserna) roof

Declension

References

• “tach” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Middle English

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps related to trasch or Modern English tatch (“to set grass on fire”).

Noun

tach (uncountable)

1. touchwood, tinder

Alternative forms

• tache, tasch, tasche, tasshe

References

• “tach(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French tache (“stain, spot”), of uncertain origin; perhaps a native derivation, or borrowed from Gothic.

Noun

tach (plural taches)

1. characteristic
2. disfigurement, blemish
3. symbol, sign

Alternative forms

• tacche, tachche, tatche, tak, tech, teche, tecche, tetche

Descendants

• English: tache, tatch
• Scots: tache
• ?? English: tetchy

References

• “tach(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Verb

tach (third-person singular simple present tacheth, present participle tachinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taught)

1. Alternative form of techen

English

Interjection

tch

1. a representation of the dental click used to show disapproval; tut, tsk

Anagrams

• CHT, Cth., HCT, Hct, T. H. C., T.H.C., THC, hct