esche

See also: Esche and esché

French

Alternative forms

• aiche, èche

Etymology

Inherited 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)

1. bait

   Synonyms: appât, esque, leurre

Verb

esche

1. inflection of escher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. 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

1. plural of esca

Middle English

Noun

esche

1. Alternative form of asshe (“burnt matter”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• eche
• escher, aache (tinder)

Etymology 1

From Latin ēsca (“bait”).

Noun

esche oblique singular, ? (oblique plural esches, nominative singular esche, nominative plural esches)

1. (Anglo-Norman) fishing hook

References

• esche in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022

Etymology 2

From Latin ēsca (“fuel, esp. firewood”).

Noun

esche oblique singular, ? (nominative singular esche)

1. (Anglo-Norman) tinder

References

• esche in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022