pochette

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French pochette (“pocket”). Doublet of pocket. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /pɒˈʃɛt/ (US) IPA(key): /poʊˈʃɛt/ === Noun === pochette (plural pochettes) A small handbag shaped like an envelope. Synonym of kit violin. === Anagrams === chopette == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French pochete (“small purse, small bag”), diminutive (with suffix -ete) of puche (“purse, bag”), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag, pouch”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), from Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”). Compare English pocket, derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔ.ʃɛt/ === Noun === pochette f (plural pochettes) (small) pocket sleeve (of e.g. a CD) clutch bag === Verb === pochette inflection of pocheter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person imperative ==== Descendants ==== → English: pochette → Japanese: ポシェット (poshetto) → Portuguese: pochete → Turkish: poşet === Further reading === “pochette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012