"pioche" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pjɔʃ/ Audio: Fr-pioche.ogg Forms: pioches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔʃ Etymology: From pic + -oche. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|pic|-oche}} pic + -oche Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} pioche f (plural pioches)
  1. pickaxe Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pioche-fr-noun-BnHqwFGP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Tools Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 45 40 Disambiguation of Tools: 70 11 19
  2. (card games) stock (stack of undealt cards made available to the players) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pioche-fr-noun-INWcWcFQ Categories (other): Card games, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -oche, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 45 40 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -oche: 29 46 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 67 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 72 13 Topics: card-games, games
  3. (informal, by extension) chance, luck Tags: broadly, feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-pioche-fr-noun-CBREnw9q Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 15 45 40

Inflected forms

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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "پييس",
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            "tr": "piyēs"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chadian Arabic: پييس (piyēs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chadian Arabic: پييس (piyēs)"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fr",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Tools",
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        "(card games) stock (stack of undealt cards made available to the players)"
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          "luck"
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        "(informal, by extension) chance, luck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/pjɔʃ/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔʃ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pioche"
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    "French lemmas",
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    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Rhymes:French/ɔʃ",
    "Rhymes:French/ɔʃ/1 syllable",
    "fr:Tools"
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    }
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          "pickaxe"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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          "stock",
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      ],
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        "(card games) stock (stack of undealt cards made available to the players)"
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ],
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        "games"
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
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        "(informal, by extension) chance, luck"
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pjɔʃ/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔʃ"
    }
  ],
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