pochette

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

pochette (plural pochettes)

  1. A small handbag shaped like an envelope.
  2. Synonym of kit violin

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French , from Old French pochete (“small purse, small bag”), diminutive (with suffix -ete) of puche (“purse, bag”), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *pukô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“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 pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”). Compare English pocket, derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ.ʃɛt/
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Noun

pochette f (plural pochettes)

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

Verb

pochette

  1. inflection of pocheter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person imperative

Descendants

  • → English: pochette
  • → Portuguese: pochete
  • → Turkish: poşet

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