name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lecher
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈlɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɛtʃə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: L EH1 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To practice lewdness.
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noun
Meaning 4
man with strong sexual desires
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: satyr, lech, letch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate
History
Etymology
Americanized German surname, from Löcher, Locher.
From Middle English lechour, from Old French lecheor (“glutton, sensualist, libertine”) , from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵh- (“to lick”). More at lick.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: развратник (razvratnik) — a lecherous person
- Chinese Mandarin: 色鬼 (sèguǐ) — a lecherous person
- Chinese Mandarin: 登徒子 (dēngtúzǐ) — a lecherous person
- Chinese Mandarin: 好色之徒 (hàosèzhītú) — a lecherous person
- Chinese Mandarin: 色狼 (sèláng) — a lecherous person
- Dutch: geilaard — a lecherous person
- Dutch: rasversierder — a lecherous person
- Dutch: schuinsmarcheerder — a lecherous person
- Finnish: irstailija — a lecherous person
- Finnish: pukki — a lecherous person
- Finnish: häntäheikki — a lecherous person
- Finnish: hamesankari — a lecherous person
- Finnish: naistenmies — a lecherous person
- French: pervers — a lecherous person
- French: porc — a lecherous person
- French: obsédé — a lecherous person
- German: Lüstling — a lecherous person
- German: Wüstling — a lecherous person
- German: Lustmolch — a lecherous person
- Icelandic: saurlífisseggur — a lecherous person
- Italian: mandrillo — a lecherous person
- Italian: pervertito — a lecherous person
- Italian: depravato — a lecherous person
- Italian: libertino — a lecherous person
- Japanese: 助け平 — a lecherous person
- Latin: sellārius — a lecherous person
- Odia: ଯୋନି କୀଟ (J̄oni kīṭa) — a lecherous person
- Portuguese: depravado — a lecherous person
- Portuguese: devasso — a lecherous person
- Russian: развра́тник (razvrátnik) — a lecherous person
- Russian: развра́тница (razvrátnica) — a lecherous person
- Russian: блудни́к (bludník) — a lecherous person
- Russian: блудни́ца (bludníca) — a lecherous person
- Russian: распу́тник (raspútnik) — a lecherous person
- Russian: распу́тница (raspútnica) — a lecherous person
- Spanish: lascivo — a lecherous person
- Spanish: libidinoso — a lecherous person