bicche

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === beche, biche, bycche, byche, bikk, buche === Etymology === From Old English biċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (compare Norwegian bikkja (“dog”), Old Danish bikke), from *bikjaną (“to thrust, attack”) (compare Old Norse bikkja (“plunge into water”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”)). More at bicker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbit͡ʃ(ə)/ === Noun === bicche (plural bicches) bitch (female dog) (of a woman) bitch (despicable or disagreeable woman) (of a man) bitch (despicable or heathen man) ==== Descendants ==== English: bitch→ Chinese: b7→ Dutch: bitch→? German: Betze, Bätze, Petze→ French: bitch Scots: bitch ==== References ==== “bicche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.