potiche

From French potiche.

potiche (plural potiches)

1. (ceramics) A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.

• copieth, heptoic, pitheco-

From pot +‎ -iche.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.tiʃ/

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potiche f (plural potiches)

1. porcelain vase
2. figurehead (person); window dressing
3. (chiefly Europe) trophy wife

• → English: potiche

• “potiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.