galoche
See also: galoché
English edit
Noun edit
galoche (plural galoches)
- Alternative spelling of galosh
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French galoche (“clog, galosh”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galoche c (singular definite galochen, plural indefinite galocher)
Inflection edit
Declension of galoche
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | galoche | galochen | galocher | galocherne |
genitive | galoches | galochens | galochers | galochernes |
Further reading edit
- “galoche” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Of unclear origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *calopia, from calopodia, from Ancient Greek κᾱλόπους (kālópous, “shoemaker's last”). Alternatively from a Vulgar Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (“Gallic shoe”). Other origins have also been proposed.
Noun edit
galoche f (plural galoches)
- clog (shoe with a wooden sole)
- a chin that is long and pointed
- (slang) French kiss
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
galoche
- inflection of galocher:
Further reading edit
- “galoche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
galoche f (invariable)
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French galoche.
Noun edit
galoche
- A clog or patten.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche.
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