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bache

bache noun: the dale of a stream or rivulet.

Noun

bache (plural baches)

  1. (obsolete) The dale of a stream or rivulet.

Proper noun capitalized: Bache

Bache

  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4068).

Forms of bache

pluralbaches

Origin of bache

Possibly a dialectal form of Middle English *becck, *betch, from to Old English *becc (“stream”), from Proto-Germanic *bakjaz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog- (“flowing water, stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“brook”). More at beck.

* As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach. * As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus. * Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke.

Questions about bache

What does bache mean?
Bache means the dale of a stream or rivulet.
What part of speech is bache?
Bache can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bache?
The plural of bache is baches.

Words near bache in the dictionary

  1. bachas
  2. bachata
  3. bachatas
  4. bachatero
  5. bachateros
  6. bache
  7. bached
  8. Bachelardian
  9. Bachelder
  10. Bachelders
  11. Bachelet

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