leche

leche (plural leches)

1. Archaic form of lechwe.

• leceh, leech, chele, Elche, Leech

leche

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of letse

leche

1. (vulgar, offensive) Alternative spelling of letse

leche

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

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

• lech (as a noun)
• lecche, lache, lacche, lac, liche, leg, lage (in names)

• IPA^(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ/, /lɛt͡ʃ/

leche (plural leches)

1. an infusion
2. a sluggish stream

• English: leach, letch
• Yola: letch

• “lē̆ch(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old French lesche, laiche, leske.

• leyche, leshe, leyshe, lese, leske
• lete, lette, lethe, lede

• IPA^(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /lɛt͡ʃ(ə)/

leche (plural leches)

1. a strip, slice (cook)

• “lē̆che, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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

• lech, lecche, lache
• læce, læche, leache, liache (Early Middle English)

leche (plural leches)

1. a physician or surgeon

• English: leech (archaic)
• Yola: leech, leache

• “lẹ̄che, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English lēce, lǣce.

• lech
• læce (Early Middle English)

leche (plural leches)

1. a bloodsucking worm

• English: leech

• “lẹ̄che, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Latin laetitia (“great joy; pleasure”).

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

1. Alternative form of lïesce

• IPA^(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/

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• Rhymes: -etʃe
• Syllabification: le‧che

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.

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.

• (diminutive): lechita

• → Cebuano: letse
• → Papiamentu: lechi
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: lieche

leche

1. (vulgar, Philippines, Spain) shit

leche

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

• “leche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈletse/
• Rhymes: -et͡ʃe, (no yod coalescence) -etse
• Syllabification: le‧che

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. Alternative spelling of letse

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. Alternative spelling of letse

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. Alternative spelling of letse