pochette
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French pochette (“pocket”). Doublet of pocket.
Noun
pochette (plural pochettes)
- Synonym of kit violin
- A small handbag shaped like an envelope.
Anagrams
- chopette
French
Etymology
From Middle French [Term?], from Old French pochete (“small purse, small bag”), diminutive (with suffix -ete) of puche (“purse, bag”), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *pukô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), from Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”). Compare English pocket, derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.ʃɛt/
Audio (file)
Noun
pochette f (plural pochettes)
- (small) pocket
- sleeve (of e.g. a CD)
- clutch bag
Verb
pochette
- inflection of pocheter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person imperative
Descendants
- Turkish: poşet
Further reading
- “pochette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.