leche

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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

Galician

Verb

leche

  1. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) second-person singular preterite indicative of ler

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

  1. Alternative form of lïesce

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -etʃe
  • Syllabification: le‧che

Etymology 1

Leche

Inherited from Old Spanish leche, from an earlier *leite < *laite, from Late Latin lactem m or f, from Latin lac n, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Galician and Portuguese leite m and French lait m.

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.
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Related terms
Descendants

Interjection

leche

  1. (vulgar, Philippines, Spain) shit

Etymology 2

Verb

leche

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

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: le‧che
  • IPA(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/,

Interjection

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of letse

Adjective

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of letse

Noun

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

  1. Alternative spelling of letse