perche

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁʃ/

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Inherited from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

perche f (plural perches)

1. perch (type of fish)

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

perche f (plural perches)

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

• saut à la perche
• tendre la perche
• tendre une perche

Inflected forms.

perche

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

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

• pécher, pêcher, prêche, prêché

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.ke/
• Rhymes: -ɛrke
• Hyphenation: pèr‧che

perche

1. plural of perca

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈpɛːrt͡ʃ(ə)/

Borrowed from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

perche (plural perches or perche)

1. perch (kind of fish).

• English: perch

• “perche, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.

Borrowed from Old French perche, from Latin pertica.

• perch, preche, perdge

perche (plural perches or perche)

1. A stake, bar or pole, usually running lengthwise.
2. A perch (a resting place for fowl)
3. A perch (a unit of length or area)

• perchyn
• percher

• English: perch

• “perche, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-09.

perche

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