jachère

See also: jachéré

French

Etymology

First attested in 1690. Formerly ‘tillage, land prepared for plowing’, from Old French gaschiere, gaskiere, from Gaulish *gansco (“branch”) (compare Old Irish gesca); from Proto-Indo-European *kak-.

Akin to Spanish and Portuguese gancho (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.ʃɛʁ/

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Noun

jachère f (plural jachères)

1. fallow; fallow land (especially when left uncultivated on purpose)

   Synonyms: guéret; (dialectal) somart; friche

   Le champ est en jachère. ― The field is lying fallow.

Derived terms

• jachérer

Further reading

• “jachère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.