Question 1

What is the etymology of thr French word "loche"?

Accepted Answer

Obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin laucca, from Gaulish loukâ "whiteness", feminine substantive of leukos "white", the two types of animals being of a light gray color. (See Breton luc'h, Welsh lluch "lightning").

Question 2

What is the plural of the French word "loche"?

Accepted Answer

loches

Question 3

What does the French word "loche" mean?

Accepted Answer

Name given to several species of small freshwater bony fish of different families, elongated, with 6 to 10 barbels, including species of the family Cobitidae.
Name given to several species of rockling (fish related to cod).
Name given to various species of fish of the grouper family (Serranidae).
Name given to certain slugs.

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