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poche

Pronunciation: /pɔʃ/

“poche” is a French word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. pocket (part of the clothing)
  2. pouch (small bag, or part of small bag)
  3. pouch (of a marsupial)
  4. pocket (cavity)
  5. poach (act of cooking by poaching)
  6. ladle (container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal)
  7. The rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black.

adjective

  1. lame, boring, dull
  2. bad, untalented, sucky

In French

  1. Contenant souple servant au transport d’objets ou de liquides.
  2. ou Grand sac contenant une substance poudreuse ou granulaire telle que du grain, de la farine ou du ciment.
  3. Sac (souvent plastique comme ceux des supermarchés).
  4. Espace confectionné pour contenir des objets ou des liquides.
  5. Morceau de tissu cousu à l’intérieur ou à l’extérieur d’un vêtement.
  6. Sorte de filet dont on se sert pour prendre des lapins au furet.
  7. Fond de chalut.
  8. Sorte de filet pour prendre le poisson.
  9. Récipient destiné à transporter le métal en fusion.
  10. Récipient flexible conique, permettant de dessiner des motifs à partir d’une pâte.
  11. Trou vers lequel les boules sont envoyées sur une table.
  12. Compartiment d’un contenant plus grand.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French poche, from Old French puche, poche (“purse, small bag”), from Frankish *pokkō, *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag, pouch”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), via Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), and English pocket;…

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