lache

See also: Lache, lachè, lâche, lâché, lachę, and łachę

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• lachä, lacha

Etymology

From Middle High German lachen, from Old High German hlahhen, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaχə/

Verb

lache (third-person singular simple present lacht, past participle glacht)

1. to laugh

Derived terms

• aalache
• Lache
• lachhaft
• lächerlich
• mitlache
• totlache
• uuslache

Dutch

Verb

lache

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lachen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaχə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aχə
• Hyphenation: la‧che

Verb

lache

1. inflection of lachen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Etymology

See Lache (“a laugh”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaxə/

Verb

lache

1. to laugh

Related terms

• Lache n

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “lache”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Middle High German

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈlax.xə/

Verb

lache

1. inflection of lachen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

lache f (plural laches)

1. (Jersey, nautical) bollard, lash

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly a variant of lacha, borrowed from Caló lacha, ultimately from Sanskrit लज्जा (lajjā, “shame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlat͡ʃe/ [ˈla.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: la‧che

Noun

lache m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, Spain) shame
2. (colloquial, Spain) embarrassment

   Synonym: vergüenza