haiche

Champenois

Alternative forms

• hate (Rémois)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French hache, borrowed from Frankish *happjā (“axe, hatchet”). Cognate with French hache, Bourguignon haiche, Lorrain hèche, Walloon hatche and Franco-Provençal hache.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛʃ/

Noun

haiche f (plural haiches)

1. (Troyen) axe

References

• Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
• Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887