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poche

/pɔʃ/

noun, feminine/pɔʃ/plural: poches

pocket (part of the clothing); pouch (small bag, or part of small bag); pouch (of a marsupial); pocket (cavity); poach (act of cooking by poaching)

Inherited from Middle French poche, from Old French puche, poche (“purse, small bag”), from Frankish *pokkō, *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag, pouch”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), via Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), and English pocket; compare also pouch.

adjective/pɔʃ/

lame, boring, dull; bad, untalented, sucky

Inherited from Middle French poche, from Old French puche, poche (“purse, small bag”), from Frankish *pokkō, *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag, pouch”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), via Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), and English pocket; compare also pouch.