leche

See also: leché, léché, lèche, and -leche

English

Noun

leche (plural leches)

1. Archaic form of lechwe.

Anagrams

• leceh, leech, chele, Elche, Leech

Cebuano

Noun

leche

1. (dated) Alternative spelling of letse

Interjection

leche

1. (vulgar, offensive) Alternative spelling of letse

Galician

Verb

leche

1. (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)

1. an infusion
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. Alternative form of lïesce

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/ [ˈle.t͡ʃe]

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• Rhymes: -etʃe
• Syllabification: le‧che

Etymology 1

Leche

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)

1. (food) milk

   Prefiero el café con leche y azúcar.

   I prefer coffee with milk and sugar.

2. (slang, vulgar) cum, semen

   Synonym: esperma

   Había leche en sus pantalones.

   There was cum on his pants.

Derived terms

• (diminutive): lechita

• a toda leche
• ama de leche
• árbol de la leche
• arroz con leche
• azúcar de leche
• blanca y en botella, leche
• café con leche
• cagando leches
• cagarse en la leche
• capón de leche
• como la leche
• cuenta de leche
• de leche
• diente de leche
• dulce de leche
• en leche
• extractor de leche
• gota de leche
• hermano de leche
• la leche
• leche asada
• leche condensada
• leche de almendra
• leche de arroz
• leche de avellana
• leche de avena
• leche de canela
• leche de cáñamo
• leche de coco
• leche de gallina
• leche de los viejos
• leche de pájaro
• leche de soja
• leche de tierra
• leche de tigre
• leche desnatada
• leche en polvo
• leche entera
• leche fresca
• leche frita
• leche materna
• leche natural
• leche normal
• leche vegetal
• lechería f
• lechero
• madre de leche
• mala leche
• mar de leche
• mate de leche
• me cago en la leche
• mil leches
• ni qué leches
• perro de mil leches
• pez de leche
• qué leches
• rayo de leche
• sacaleche
• sacaleches
• sangre y leche
• suero de la leche

 

Related terms

• lactar
• lácteo
• lechar
• lechera
• lechero
• lechoso
• lechuga

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: letse
• → Papiamentu: lechi
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: lieche

Interjection

leche

1. (vulgar, Philippines, Spain) shit

Etymology 2

Verb

leche

1. inflection of lechar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “leche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlet͡ʃe/ [ˈlɛː.t͡ʃɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈletse/ [ˈlɛt̪.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -et͡ʃe, (no yod coalescence) -etse
• Syllabification: le‧che

Interjection

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. Alternative spelling of letse

Adjective

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. Alternative spelling of letse

Noun

leche (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

1. Alternative spelling of letse