potiche
English
Etymology
French potiche
Noun
potiche (plural potiches)
- (ceramics) A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.
Anagrams
- copieth, heptoic, pitheco-
French
Etymology
From pot + -iche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.tiʃ/
Audio (file)
Noun
potiche f (plural potiches)
- porcelain vase
- figurehead (person); window dressing
- (chiefly Europe) trophy wife
Descendants
- → English: potiche
Further reading
- “potiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.