coche

coche

See also: coché and cochē

Asturian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧che

Noun

coche m (plural coches)

1. car

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɔʃ

Etymology 1

From Hungarian kocsi, via German Kutsche or Italian cocchio. Doublet of coach.

Noun

coche m (plural coches)

1. stage-coach

Derived terms

• cocher
• louper le coche
• manquer le coche
• mouche du coche
• rater le coche

Etymology 2

From Latin caudica.

Noun

coche f (plural coches)

1. (dated) a sort of large boat previously used for transporting passengers and merchandise

Etymology 3

From Italian cocca.

Noun

coche f (plural coches)

1. tick, checkmark (symbol)

Usage notes

When grading assignments and exams in Québec, a checkmark is used to indicate a wrong answer rather than a correct one. A B (short for bon) is used to indicate a correct response. In other uses, it is utilized as in English.

Derived terms

• cocher
• encoche

Etymology 4

From cochon.

Noun

coche f (plural coches)

1. (dated) sow (female pig)

Etymology 5

From verb cocher.

Verb

coche

1. inflection of cocher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “coche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

coches

Etymology 1

From French coche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔt͡ʃɪ]
• Hyphenation: co‧che

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

coche m (plural coches)

1. car

   Synonym: carro

2. coach
3. stage-coach
4. bus

   Synonym: autobús

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔt͡ʃɪ]

Interjection

coche

1. voice used to scare the pigs

Related terms

• cocho

References

• “coche” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “coche” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “coche” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ladin

Etymology

co +‎ che

Adverb

coche

1. how (in what manner)
2. as, like

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Portuguese

coche

Etymology

From French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, from Kocs.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ʃe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ʃ(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: co‧che

Noun

coche m (plural coches)

1. coach (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power)
2. (Portugal, informal) a bit

   Synonyms: bocado, (Portugal, informal) beca

Derived terms

• cocheiro

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San Juan Atzingo Popoloca

Noun

coche

1. fish

References

• Austin Krumholz, Jeanne; Kalstrom Dolson, Marjorie; Hernández Ayuso, Miguel (1995) Diccionario popoloca de San Juan Atzingo, Puebla (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 33)‎ (in Spanish), Tucson, AZ., E.U.A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 17

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Spanish

Etymology

From Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, in reference to Kocs, a village in Hungary where the first horse-drawn vehicles with an innovative suspension system were manufactured in the 15th century. Doublet of coach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot͡ʃe/ [ˈko.t͡ʃe]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -otʃe
• Syllabification: co‧che

Noun

coche m (plural coches)

1. (chiefly Philippines, Mexico, Spain) car (a wheeled vehicle that moves independently)

   Synonyms: automóvil, (Mexico, Central America, Caribbean America, Colombia, Venezuela) carro, (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Uruguay) auto

   Mi coche tiene una avería.

   My car has broken down.

2. carriage, coach (a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)

   Synonym: carruaje

3. (rail transport) car (a passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train)
4. (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay) baby carriage, pram
5. (slang, Guatemala) pig

Hyponyms

• coche de choque
• coche eléctrico
• coche escoba
• coche fúnebre
• coche patrulla
• coche utilitario

 

Derived terms

• aparcacoches
• coche bomba
• cochecillo
• cochecito
• cochera
• cuidacoches
• guardacoches
• lavacoches
• robacoches

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: kotse
• → Cebuano: kotse
• → Tagalog: kotse

Further reading

• “coche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• checo