balché

== English == === Alternative forms === balche === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish balché, from Yucatec Maya balcheʼ. === Noun === balché (uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it. === Anagrams === Blecha, bleach == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /balˈt͡ʃe/ [balʲˈt͡ʃe] Rhymes: -e Syllabification: bal‧ché === Noun === balché m (plural balchés) balché === Further reading === “balché”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Yucatec Maya == === Noun === balché obsolete spelling of balcheʼ