pochette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pochette (pocket). Doublet of pocket.

Noun

pochette (plural pochettes)

  1. Synonym of kit violin

Anagrams


French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French pochete (small purse, small bag), diminutive (with suffix + -ete) of puche (purse, bag), from Frankish *pokka, *pukka (pouch, bag), from Proto-Germanic *puk-, *pūka- (bag, pouch), from Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *beu- (to blow, swell). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (bag, pocket), from Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (purse, bag), Old English pocca, pohha (poke, pouch, pocket, bag). Compare English pocket, derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ.ʃɛt/

Noun

pochette f (plural pochettes)

  1. (small) pocket
  2. sleeve (of e.g. a CD)
  3. clutch bag

Verb

pochette

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

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