perche

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁʃ/

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From Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

perche f (plural perches)

1. perch (type of fish)

From Old French perche, from Latin pertica, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *pert'ca. Compare Catalan perxa.

perche f (plural perches)

1. pole
2. (sports) pole-vaulting; pole
3. (skiing) T-bar
4. boom (for microphone etc.)
5. perch (for birds)
6. rod (unit of length)
7. (aeronautics) probe

• saut à la perche
• tendre la perche

Inflected forms.

perche

1. first-person singular present indicative of percher
2. third-person singular present indicative of percher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of percher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of percher
5. second-person singular imperative of percher

• pécher, pêcher, prêche, prêché

• “perche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

perche (plural perches)

1. perch

Borrowed from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpərtʃ(ə)/

perche (plural perches or perche)

1. perch (kind of fish).

• English: perch

• “perche (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.

Borrowed from Old French perche, from Latin pertica.

• perch, preche, perdge

• IPA^(key): /ˈpərtʃ(ə)/

perche (plural perches or perche)

1. A stake, bar or pole, usually running lengthwise.
2. A perch (a resting place for fowl)
3. A perch (a unit of length or area)

• perchyn
• percher

• English: perch

• “perche (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.

perche

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perchar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perchar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of perchar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perchar.