ruche

Etymology

Borrowed from French ruche.

Noun

ruche (plural ruches)

1. A strip of fabric which has been fluted or pleated.
2. A small ruff of fluted or pleated fabric worn at neck or wrist.
3. A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.

Verb

ruche (third-person singular simple present ruches, present participle ruching, simple past and past participle ruched)

1. To flute or pleat fabric.

   ruched curtains

Alternative forms

• reeche, rouche (northern Moselle Franconian)
• rieche (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German rūchen, from Old High German *rūhhan, northern variant of riohhan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʀuxə/

Verb

ruche (third-person singular present rüch, past tense roch, past participle jeroche)

1. (Ripuarian, transitive or intransitive) to smell

Etymology

From Middle French rusche, from Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), from Gaulish *ruskā, from Proto-Celtic *rūsklos (“bark”). Compare Breton rusk, Irish rusg, Welsh rhisgl and Catalan rusc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁyʃ/

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Noun

ruche f (plural ruches)

1. hive, beehive
2. (textiles, fashion) ruffle; flounce; ruche

Further reading

• ruche on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “ruche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from French ruche.

Noun

ruche f (invariable)

1. ruche

Noun

ruche f (plural ruches)

1. (Jersey) frill