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Perche

Perche

See also: perche, perché, pèrche, perchè, and perche'

English

Proper noun

Perche

  1. (historical) A former province of northwestern France, corresponding to the modern departments of Orne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher and Sarthe.

Related terms

perche

perche

See also: Perche, pèrche, perché, perchè, and perche'

French

Noun

perche f (plural perches)

  1. perch (type of fish)

Etymology 2

From Old French, from Latin pertica, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *pert'ca. Compare Catalan perxa.

Noun

perche f (plural perches)

  1. pole
  2. (sports) pole-vaulting; pole
  3. (skiing) T-bar
  4. boom (for microphone etc.)
  5. perch (for birds)
  6. rod (unit of length)
  7. (aeronautics) probe
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

perche

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

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