eche

See also: éché, éche, and eché

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːtʃ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English eche, ece, from Old English ēċe, ǣċe (“perpetual, eternal, everlasting”), from Proto-Germanic *ajukiz (“eternal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yewgʷih₃- and *h₂yugʷih₃- respectively, to assume a reconstruction of Pre-Germanic *h₂oyugʷih₃- with an original meaning of "ever-living". Cognate with Dutch eeuwig (“eternal”), German ewig (“eternal”), Swedish evig (“perpetual, eternal”), Latin iūgis (“continual”).

Adjective

eche (comparative more eche, superlative most eche)

  1. (dialectal, archaic) Eternal; everlasting.

Etymology 2

From Middle English echen (“to increase, augment”). More at eke.

Verb

eche (third-person singular simple present eches, present participle eching, simple past and past participle eched)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To increase or enlarge.
    • William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre: Act 3.
      And time that is so briefly spent, With your fine fancies quaintly eche, What’s dumb in show, I‘ll plain in speech.

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

eche

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of echar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of echar

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ælc.

Adjective

eche

  1. each
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old English eċe.

Noun

eche

  1. Alternative form of ache (“aching”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈet͡ʃe/

Verb

eche

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of echar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of echar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of echar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of echar.
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