leche

== English == === Noun === leche (plural leches) Archaic form of lechwe. === Anagrams === leceh, leech, chele, Elche, Leech == Cebuano == === Noun === leche (dated) alternative spelling of letse === Interjection === leche (vulgar, offensive) alternative spelling of letse == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish leche (“milk”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/, [ˈle.t͡ʃe] Hyphenation: le‧che === Noun === leche milk === Interjection === leche (vulgar) shit Synonym: lechugas == Galician == === Verb === leche (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) second-person singular preterite indicative of ler == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Probably from Old English *læc, *lec, compare leccan (“to wet, moisten”). ==== Alternative forms ==== lech (as a noun) lecche, lache, lacche, lac, liche, leg, lage (in names) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ/, /lɛt͡ʃ/ ==== Noun ==== leche (plural leches) an infusion a sluggish stream ===== Descendants ===== English: leach, letch Yola: letch ===== References ===== “lē̆ch(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old French lesche, laiche, leske. ==== Alternative forms ==== leyche, leshe, leyshe, lese, leske lete, lette, lethe, lede ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /lɛːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /lɛt͡ʃ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== leche (plural leches) a strip, slice (cook) ===== References ===== “lē̆che, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === From Old English lēce, lǣce, from Proto-West Germanic *lākī. ==== Alternative forms ==== lech, lecche, lache læce, læche, leache, liache (Early Middle English) ==== Noun ==== leche (plural leches) a physician or surgeon ===== Descendants ===== English: leech (archaic) Yola: leech, leache ===== References ===== “lẹ̄che, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 4 === From Old English lēce, lǣce. ==== Alternative forms ==== lech læce (Early Middle English) ==== Noun ==== leche (plural leches) a bloodsucking worm ===== Descendants ===== English: leech ===== References ===== “lẹ̄che, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin laetitia (“great joy; pleasure”). === Noun === leche oblique singular, m (oblique plural leches, nominative singular leches, nominative plural leche) alternative form of lïesce == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/ [ˈle.t͡ʃe] Rhymes: -etʃe Syllabification: le‧che === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish leche, from an earlier *leite < *laite, from Late Latin lactem m or f, from Latin lac n, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Galician and Portuguese leite m and French lait m. ==== Noun ==== leche f (plural leches) (food) milk (slang, vulgar) cum, semen Synonym: esperma ===== Derived terms ===== (diminutive): lechita ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Cebuano: letse → Papiamentu: lechi → Paraujano: leechü → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: lieche ==== Interjection ==== leche (vulgar, Philippines, Spain) shit === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== leche inflection of lechar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “leche”, 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 == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/ [ˈlɛː.t͡ʃɛ] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈletse/ [ˈlɛt̪.sɛ] Rhymes: -et͡ʃe, (no palatal assimilation) -etse Syllabification: le‧che === Interjection === leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ) alternative spelling of letse === Adjective === leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ) alternative spelling of letse === Noun === leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ) alternative spelling of letse