taloche

French

Etymology

As per Rey (2013) in Dictionnaire historique de la langue française : First attested (1320), a resuffixation of Old French talevaz (attested 1155), itself from Latin talapacium, which in turn was from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.lɔʃ/

Noun

taloche f (plural taloches)

1. (colloquial) cuff, clout
2. float (tool used for smoothing concrete, plaster, etc.)

Verb

taloche

1. inflection of talocher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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