esche
See also: Esche and esché
French
Alternative forms
- aiche, èche
Etymology
From Middle French esche, from Old French esche, from Latin ēsca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛʃ/
Audio (file) - Homophones: aiche, aiches, èche, èches, eschent, esches
Noun
esche f (plural esches)
- bait
- Synonyms: appât, esque, leurre
Verb
esche
- inflection of escher:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “esche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
esche f
- plural of esca
Middle English
Noun
esche
- Alternative form of asshe (“burnt matter”)
Old French
Alternative forms
- eche
- escher, aache (tinder)
Etymology 1
From Latin ēsca (“bait”).
Noun
esche ? (oblique plural esches, nominative singular esche, nominative plural esches)
- (Anglo-Norman) fishing hook
References
- esche in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022
Etymology 2
From Latin ēsca (“fuel, esp. firewood”).
Noun
esche ? (nominative singular esche)
- (Anglo-Norman) tinder
References
- esche in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022