flicche

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English fliċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *flikkī, from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją. Forms with hard k(k)/c(k) likely rather from Old Norse flikki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈflik(ə)/

Noun

flicche (plural flicches)

  1. The flank or side of an animal, especially one of a pig which has been made into bacon; a flitch.

Descendants

  • English: flitch
  • Scots: fleech

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