peche
See also: Peche, péché, peché, pèche, pêche, and pêché
Chuukese
Noun
peche
- leg, foot (of humans and birds)
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French péché (“sin”).
Noun
peche
- (religion) sin
Middle English
Alternative forms
- peske (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French pesche, from Old French pesche, from Late Latin persica, for Classical mālum persicum (literally “Persian apple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/
Noun
peche (plural peches)
- A peach (fruit of the tree Prunus persica)
- (rare) A peach tree.
Descendants
- English: peach
- Scots: peach
References
- “pēche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Spanish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
peche
- inflection of pechar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
From Classical Nahuatl.
Adjective
peche (plural peches)
- (El Salvador) skinny; skin and bones
Noun
peche m or f (plural peches)
- (El Salvador) skinny person; skin and bones
Further reading
- “peche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014