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lech

/lɛt͡ʃ/

lech noun: a strong, lecherous desire or craving.

Noun (1)

lech (plural leches)

  1. (slang) A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
  2. (slang) A lecher.

Verb

lech (third-person singular simple present leches, present participle leching, simple past and past participle leched)

  1. (slang) To behave lecherously.

Noun (2)

IPA/lɛk/

lech (plural lechs)

  1. The capstone of a cromlech.

Proper noun capitalized: Lech

Lech (plural Lechs)

  1. A surname from Polish.

Forms of lech

Noun
pluralleches
alternative formletch
plurallechs
Verb
third-person singular presentleches
present participleleching
past participleleched
pastleched
Proper noun
pluralLechs

Origin of lech

Back-formation from lecher.

From Welsh llech (“slate, slab”).

Borrowed from Polish Lech.

Words formed from lech

Words that rhyme with lech

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Questions about lech

What does lech mean?
Lech means a strong, lecherous desire or craving.
What part of speech is lech?
Lech can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lech?
Lech is pronounced /lɛt͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of lech?
The plural of lech is leches.

Words near lech in the dictionary

  1. Leccino
  2. leccinoid
  3. Lecco
  4. leccy
  5. leceh
  6. lech
  7. lechaim
  8. lechatelierite
  9. lechatelierites
  10. lechayim
  11. leche

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