"louche" meaning in French

See louche in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /luʃ/ Forms: louches [plural]
Etymology: From Old French lousche, from Latin lusca, feminine of luscus (“one-eyed”) ( > Old French lois). Compare Italian losco and Portuguese lusco. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|lousche|}} Old French lousche, {{uder|fr|la|lusca|}} Latin lusca, {{cog|it|losco}} Italian losco, {{cog|pt|lusco}} Portuguese lusco Head templates: {{fr-adj}} louche (plural louches)
  1. (dated) cross-eyed Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-louche-fr-adj-7WsqPoDZ
  2. (by extension) cloudy; obscure Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-louche-fr-adj-kmci41fo Categories (other): French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 1 35 6 30 27
  3. (figuratively) shady; dubious; seedy; shifty Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-louche-fr-adj-~ep~dLGo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à la louche
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /luʃ/ Forms: louches [plural]
Etymology: From Old French lousche, from Latin lusca, feminine of luscus (“one-eyed”) ( > Old French lois). Compare Italian losco and Portuguese lusco. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|lousche|}} Old French lousche, {{uder|fr|la|lusca|}} Latin lusca, {{cog|it|losco}} Italian losco, {{cog|pt|lusco}} Portuguese lusco Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} louche m (plural louches)
  1. (in a liquid) cloudiness due to a suspension of fine particles Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-louche-fr-noun-jdL-HJ35 Categories (other): French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 1 35 6 30 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /luʃ/ Forms: louches [plural]
Etymology: A dialectal (Norman-Picard) form of Old French louce, loce, from Old Frankish *lōtija, from Proto-Germanic *hlōþþijō. Cognate with Dutch loet (“a tool to scrape or shovel”). More at loot. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|louce}} Old French louce, {{der|fr|frk|*lotija|*lōtija}} Frankish *lōtija, {{uder|fr|gem-pro|*hlōþþijō}} Proto-Germanic *hlōþþijō, {{cog|nl|loet||a tool to scrape or shovel}} Dutch loet (“a tool to scrape or shovel”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} louche f (plural louches)
  1. ladle Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Kitchenware
    Sense id: en-louche-fr-noun-tRctHBA5 Disambiguation of Kitchenware: 1 6 4 9 50 21 9 Categories (other): French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 1 35 6 30 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /luʃ/
Etymology: Regular conjugation of -er verb loucher Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} louche
  1. inflection of loucher:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: loucher
    Sense id: en-louche-fr-verb-YwduD2Mg Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 1 10 1 1 18 0 1 0 9 2 21 10 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 8 2 19 12 40 19
  2. inflection of loucher:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: loucher
    Sense id: en-louche-fr-verb-tDitTC4r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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        "ladle"
      ],
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          "ladle"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/luʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "louche"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Regular conjugation of -er verb loucher",
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        "inflection of loucher:",
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          "loucher#French"
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        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/luʃ/"
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  ],
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}

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