name
Meaning 1
A surname
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Standard Lemma guide
loach
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Pronunciation
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/ˈləʊt͡ʃ/
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rhymes with -əʊtʃ
noun
Meaning 2
A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae.
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noun
Meaning 3
A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae.
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noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of LOH (light observation helicopter)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 5
slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
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Broader terms: cypriniform fish
History
Etymology
From Middle English loche, from Old French loche, further origin uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *laukka (“loach”), which could be from Gaulish *leuca (“loach, slug”), also attested as the feminine name Leuca, from leux (“bright, light”), a reference to slugs' bright appearance, the fish later being associated due to similarities to the slug.
From the pronunciation of the acronym LOH (“loach”).
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: щипок (štipok) — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Chinese Mandarin: 鯉形目 /鲤形目 — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Chukchi: ԓыгиннээн (ḷyginnėėn) — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Chukchi: ԓыгинныт (ḷyginnyt) — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Czech: mřenka — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Finnish: piikkinuoliainen — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Finnish: nuoliainen — fish of the family Cobitidae
- French: loche — fish of the family Cobitidae
- German: Schmerle — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Hungarian: csík — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Luxembourgish: Grondel — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Manx: caillagh ruy — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Manx: carroo ruy — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Norman: louoche — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Polish: piskorz — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Portuguese: cadozete — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Russian: голе́ц (goléc) — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Slovak: pĺž — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Slovak: pĺžik — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Slovene: činklja — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Spanish: locha — fish of the family Cobitidae
- Ukrainian: палія (palija) — fish of the family Cobitidae