dèche

See also: deche

French

Etymology

Shortening of déchéance through apocope. First attested 1837.

Noun

dèche f (uncountable)

(colloquial) the state of being broke
Je suis dans la dèche. — I am broke.

Further reading

“dèche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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