potlatch

== English == === Etymology === The noun is borrowed from Chinook Jargon potlatch, pátlač (“to give; gift; gift-giving ceremony, potlatch”), from Nootka Jargon pa'chatle, pa'chēētle, pah-chilt (“to give, give me”), from Nootka p̕ačiƛ (“to give a gift during a potlatch ceremony”). Sense 1 of the verb (“to give; especially, to give a gift during a potlatch ceremony”) is borrowed from Chinook Jargon potlatch, pátlač (see above); sense 2 (“to carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony”) is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒtlætʃ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑtˌlæt͡ʃ/ Hyphenation: pot‧latch === Noun === potlatch (usually uncountable, plural potlatches) (Canada, US, also figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth. (Canada, US, chiefly Alaska) A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck. Synonym: (Britain, dialectal) fuddle ==== Alternative forms ==== potlach potlache (dated) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === potlatch (third-person singular simple present potlatches, present participle potlatching, simple past and past participle potlatched) (transitive) To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony. (intransitive) To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony. ==== Derived terms ==== potlatching (noun) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === potlatch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Chinook Jargon == === Etymology === From Nootka p̕ačiƛ (“to give in ceremony”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpʌ.lʌt͡ʃ/ === Noun === potlatch gift giving gift-feast, potlatch === Verb === potlatch to give, receive ==== Alternative forms ==== palach (Grand Ronde) paɬach palsh == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Chinook Jargon potlatch (“gift”), from Nootka p̕ačiƛ (“to give in ceremony”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔt.latʃ/ === Noun === potlatch m (plural potlatchs) potlatch === Further reading === “potlatch”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012