leche

See also: leché, léché, lèche, and -leche

English

Noun

leche (plural leches)

  1. Archaic form of lechwe.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Noun

leche

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of letse

Interjection

leche

  1. (vulgar, offensive) Alternative spelling of letse

Middle English

Etymology 1

Probably from Old English *læc, *lec, compare leccan (to wet, moisten).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ/, /lɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

leche (plural leches)

  1. an infusion
  2. a sluggish stream
Descendants
  • English: leach, letch
  • Yola: letch
References

Etymology 2

From Old French lesche, laiche, leske.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /lɛt͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

leche (plural leches)

  1. a strip, slice (cook)
References

Etymology 3

From Old English lēce, lǣce, from Proto-West Germanic *lākī.

Alternative forms

Noun

leche (plural leches)

  1. a physician or surgeon
Descendants
References

Etymology 4

From Old English lēce, lǣce.

Alternative forms

Noun

leche (plural leches)

  1. a bloodsucking worm
Descendants
References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin laetitia (great joy; pleasure).

Noun

leche m (oblique plural leches, nominative singular leches, nominative plural leche)

  1. Alternative form of lïesce

Spanish

Leche

Etymology

From Old Spanish leche, from an earlier *leite < *laite, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Portuguese leite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/ [ˈle.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -etʃe
  • Syllabification: le‧che

Noun

leche f (plural leches)

  1. (food) milk
    Prefiero el café con leche y azúcar.
    I prefer coffee with milk and sugar.
  2. (slang, vulgar) cum, semen
    Synonym: esperma
    Había leche en sus pantalones.
    There was cum on his pants.

Derived terms

Descendants

Interjection

leche

  1. (vulgar, Philippines, Spain) shit

Verb

leche

  1. inflection of lechar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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