notch

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• Received-Pronunciation: /nɒtʃ/
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• General-American: /nɑtʃ/
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• Australian, British, Southern, Standard: /nɔtʃ/
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• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /nɔːtʃ/
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• /nɑːtʃ/ father-bother merger
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• homophone: nautch
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• rhymes with -ɒtʃ
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• CMU ARPABET: N AA1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Recorded since 1577, probably a rebracketing of an otch, from Middle French oche (“notch”), itself from the Old French verb ochier (“to notch”), of uncertain origin, but possibly related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: խազ (xaz) — V-shaped cut
• Armenian: քարթ (kʻartʻ) — V-shaped cut
• Bulgarian: рязка (rjazka) — V-shaped cut
• Bulgarian: жлеб (žleb) — V-shaped cut
• Catalan: osca — V-shaped cut
• Chinese Mandarin: 刻痕 (kèhén) — V-shaped cut
• Chinese Mandarin: 凹痕 (āohén) — V-shaped cut
• Dutch: kerf — V-shaped cut
• Esperanto: noĉo — V-shaped cut
• Finnish: lovi — V-shaped cut
• French: entaille — V-shaped cut
• Galician: entalla — V-shaped cut
• Galician: osca — V-shaped cut
• Galician: ozca — V-shaped cut
• German: Kerbe — V-shaped cut
• German: Nut — V-shaped cut
• German: Furche — V-shaped cut
• Hungarian: rovátka — V-shaped cut
• Ingrian: pykälä — V-shaped cut
• Irish: scór — V-shaped cut
• Italian: tacca — V-shaped cut
• Japanese: ノッチ (notchi) — V-shaped cut
• Macedonian: за́рез (zárez) — V-shaped cut
• Macedonian: за́решка (záreška) — V-shaped cut
• Māori: kāniwha — V-shaped cut
• Māori: kakari — V-shaped cut
• Māori: arapata — V-shaped cut
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hakk — V-shaped cut
• Polish: karb — V-shaped cut
• Polish: nacięcie — V-shaped cut
• Polish: wręb — V-shaped cut
• Polish: narzaz — V-shaped cut
• Portuguese: chanfro — V-shaped cut
• Portuguese: entalho — V-shaped cut
• Romanian: crestătură — V-shaped cut
• Russian: зару́бка (zarúbka) — V-shaped cut
• Russian: вы́емка (výjemka) — V-shaped cut
• Russian: паз (paz) — V-shaped cut
• Russian: вы́рез (výrez) — V-shaped cut
• Russian: пропи́л (propíl) — V-shaped cut
• Slovak: zárez — V-shaped cut
• Spanish: escotadura — V-shaped cut
• Spanish: ranura — V-shaped cut
• Spanish: muesca — V-shaped cut
• Spanish: entalladura — V-shaped cut
• Spanish: tarja — V-shaped cut
• Spanish: mella — V-shaped cut
• Swedish: hack — V-shaped cut
• Welsh: rhic — V-shaped cut
• Armenian: խազ (xaz) — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Armenian: քարթ (kʻartʻ) — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Bulgarian: рабош (raboš) — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Catalan: osca — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Dutch: keep — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Finnish: lovi — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• French: encoche — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• German: Kerbe — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Hungarian: rovás — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Hungarian: jelölés — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Irish: scór — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Italian: tacca — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Macedonian: за́сек (zásek) — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Polish: narzaz — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Polish: nacięcie — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Portuguese: entalho — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Romanian: crestătură — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Russian: зару́бка (zarúbka) — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Russian: засе́чка (zaséčka) — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Russian: ме́тка (métka) — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Slovak: vrub — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Spanish: tarja — such a cut, used for keeping a record
• Bulgarian: назъбване (nazǎbvane) — indentation
• Czech: zářez — indentation
• Czech: vrub — indentation
• Dutch: inkerving — indentation
• Dutch: kerf — indentation
• Finnish: kolo — indentation
• German: Einrückung — indentation
• German: Einkerbung — indentation
• German: Senke — indentation
• German: Beule — indentation
• German: Vertiefung — indentation
• German: Eindruck — indentation
• Hungarian: bevágás — indentation
• Italian: incavo — indentation
• Italian: dentellatura — indentation
• Macedonian: назабу́вање (nazabúvanje) — indentation
• Portuguese: indentação — indentation
• Russian: о́тступ (ótstup) — indentation
• Russian: абза́ц (abzác) — indentation
• Russian: вмя́тина (vmjátina) — indentation
• Spanish: talladura — indentation
• Spanish: entalladura — indentation
• Spanish: muesca — indentation
• Spanish: mortaja — indentation
• Azerbaijani: aşırım — mountain pass
• Bulgarian: клисура (klisura) — mountain pass
• Dutch: bergengte — mountain pass
• Dutch: bergpas — mountain pass
• Finnish: sola — mountain pass
• Galician: portela — mountain pass
• German: Pass — mountain pass
• German: Bergpass — mountain pass
• German: Engpass — mountain pass
• Hungarian: hegyszoros — mountain pass
• Hungarian: szurdok — mountain pass
• Italian: gola — mountain pass
• Italian: passo — mountain pass
• Macedonian: кли́сура (klísura) — mountain pass
• Māori: kakari — mountain pass
• Portuguese: passo — mountain pass
• Portuguese: desfiladeiro — mountain pass
• Portuguese: garganta — mountain pass
• Russian: перева́л (perevál) — mountain pass
• Spanish: paso — mountain pass
• Bulgarian: ниво (nivo) — level or degree
• Bulgarian: отметка (otmetka) — level or degree
• Dutch: graad — level or degree
• Dutch: trede — level or degree
• Finnish: aste — level or degree
• Finnish: luokka — level or degree
• French: cran — level or degree
• German: Stückchen — level or degree
• German: Spur — level or degree
• German: Tick — level or degree
• German: My — level or degree
• German: Stück — level or degree
• German: Stufe — level or degree
• Hungarian: fok — level or degree
• Hungarian: fokozat — level or degree
• Italian: livello — level or degree
• Macedonian: ниво́ (nivó) — level or degree
• Macedonian: сте́пен (stépen) — level or degree
• Portuguese: nível — level or degree
• Russian: у́ровень (úrovenʹ) — level or degree
• Russian: сте́пень (stépenʹ) — level or degree
• Spanish: nivel — level or degree
• Spanish: categoría — level or degree
• Spanish: chin — level or degree
• Bulgarian: врязвам (vrjazvam) — to cut a notch
• Catalan: oscar — to cut a notch
• Dutch: kerven — to cut a notch
• Esperanto: noĉi — to cut a notch
• Finnish: loveta — to cut a notch
• Finnish: kaivertaa — to cut a notch
• German: einkerben — to cut a notch
• German: nuten — to cut a notch
• German: einschneiden — to cut a notch
• German: ausklinken — to cut a notch
• Italian: intaccare — to cut a notch
• Māori: whakakānewha — to cut a notch
• Māori: whakakarikari — to cut a notch
• Māori: tōkari — to cut a notch
• Polish: karbować — to cut a notch
• Polish: nacinać — to cut a notch
• Polish: naciąć — to cut a notch
• Polish: narzynać — to cut a notch
• Polish: narżnąć — to cut a notch
• Polish: wrębiać — to cut a notch
• Polish: wrębić — to cut a notch
• Portuguese: entalhar — to cut a notch
• Portuguese: chanfrar — to cut a notch
• Spanish: entallar — to cut a notch
• Spanish: mellar — to cut a notch
• Catalan: oscar — to record by notches
• Dutch: inkepen — to record by notches
• Dutch: kepen — to record by notches
• Finnish: loveta — to record by notches
• German: ankerben — to record by notches
• German: anschreiben — to record by notches
• Italian: marcare — to record by notches
• Spanish: tarjar — to record by notches
• Dutch: inlaten — to join by means of notches
• Finnish: salvoa — to join by means of notches
• Dutch: behalen — to achieve
• Dutch: bereiken — to achieve
• Dutch: boeken — to achieve
• Finnish: saavuttaa — to achieve
• Finnish: kirjata — to achieve
• German: erreichen — to achieve
• German: gelingen — to achieve
• Italian: marcare — to achieve
• Italian: segnare — to achieve
• Italian: realizzare — to achieve
• Italian: conquistare — to achieve