pacche

Italian

Noun

pacche f

1. plural of pacca

Middle English

Alternative forms

• patche, pachche, pahche

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Old French *pache, a variant of Old French pieche, dialectal variant of piece (“piece”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

pacche (plural pacches)

1. A cloth patch on a garment.
2. A piece of cloth placed on a wound.

Descendants

• English: patch
• Yola: patch (figuratively)

References

• “pacche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.