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souche

Pronunciation: /suʃ/

“souche” is a French word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. stump (of a tree)
  2. strain
  3. root
  4. origin
  5. founder

In French

  1. Partie basse du tronc d’un arbre qui reste en terre quand l’arbre a été coupé.
  2. Bûche, exprime l’immobilité, l’inertie.
  3. La partie la plus longue d’une taille de comptabilité.
  4. Partie qui reste des feuilles d’un registre, lorsqu’on les a coupées, et qui sert à vérifier l’authenticité de la partie détachée.
  5. Base d’un élément de construction.
  6. Origine, source.
  7. Arbre de décision à un seul niveau.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French souche, from Old French çoche, from Vulgar Latin *tsucca, from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Cognate with Catalan and Spanish soca, Sicilian zuccu. More at English stock.

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