bêche

See also: beche and bêché

French

Alternative forms

• beche (non-diacritical form)

Etymology

From Middle French bêche, besche, from Old French besche, from Late Latin besca, bescia, from Frankish *bikkju (“pickaxe, spade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Noun

bêche f (plural bêches)

1. spade

Derived terms

• bêchard
• bêcher

Verb

bêche

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

Further reading

• “bêche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.