pioche

See also: Pioche and pioché

French

Etymology

From pic +‎ -oche.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pjɔʃ/
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Rhymes: -ɔʃ

Noun

pioche f (plural pioches)

pickaxe
(card games) stock (stack of undealt cards made available to the players)
(informal, by extension) chance, luck
mauvaise pioche ― short straw

Further reading

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

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