pochete

Old French

Alternative forms

• pochette
• poquete (Old Northern French)
• poquette (Old Northern French)
• pouchete
• pouchette
• pouquete (Old Northern French)
• pouquette (Old Northern French)

Etymology

poche +‎ -ete.

Noun

pochete oblique singular, f (oblique plural pochetes, nominative singular pochete, nominative plural pochetes)

1. small bag

Descendants

• → English: pocket (through Old Northern French poquete, Anglo-Norman poket)
• French: pochette

Portuguese

Etymology

From French pochette (“small pocket”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈʃɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈʃɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈʃɛ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈʃɛ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈʃɛ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈt͡ʃɛ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɛtʃi, -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: po‧che‧te

Noun

pochete f (plural pochetes)

1. fanny pack (small fabric pouch worn at the waist by a strap around the hips)
2. (dialectal) pencil case

   Synonym: estojo

Further reading

• “pochete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pochete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026