# coche
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkot͡ʃe/ [ˈko.t͡ʃe]
* Rhymes: -otʃe
* Syllabification: co‧che

### Noun

coche m (plural coches)
* car

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔʃ/
* Rhymes: -ɔʃ

### Etymology 1

From Hungarian kocsi, via German Kutsche or Italian cocchio. Doublet of coach.

#### Noun

coche m (plural coches)
* stage-coach

##### Derived terms

* cocher
* louper le coche
* manquer le coche
* mouche du coche
* rater le coche

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin caudica.

#### Noun

coche f (plural coches)
* (dated) a sort of large boat previously used for transporting passengers and merchandise

### Etymology 3

From Italian cocca.

#### Noun

coche f (plural coches)
* tick, checkmark (symbol)

##### Usage notes

When grading assignments and exams in Québec, a checkmark is used to indicate a wrong answer rather than a correct one. A B (short for bon) is used to indicate a correct response. In other uses, it is utilized as in English.

##### Derived terms

* cocher
* encoche

### Etymology 4

From cochon.

#### Noun

coche f (plural coches)
* (dated) sow (female pig)

### Etymology 5

From verb cocher.

#### Verb

coche
* inflection of cocher:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔt͡ʃe/ [ˈkɔ.t͡ʃɪ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔtʃe
* Hyphenation: co‧che

### Etymology 1

From French coche.

#### Noun

coche m (plural coches)
* car
    Synonym: carro
* coach
* stage-coach
* bus
    Synonym: autobús

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

#### Interjection

coche
* voice used to scare the pigs

##### Related terms

* cocho (“pigsty, pig”)

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coche”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coche”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coche”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “coche”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “coche” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ladin
### Etymology

co +‎ che

### Adverb

coche
* how (in what manner)
* as, like

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, from Kocs.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.ʃe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.ʃɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.ʃɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.t͡ʃɨ/
* Hyphenation: co‧che

### Noun

coche m (plural coches)
* coach (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power)
* (Portugal, informal) a bit
    Synonyms: bocado, (Portugal, informal) beca

#### Derived terms

* cocheiro

## San Juan Atzingo Popoloca
### Noun

coche
* fish

### References

* Austin Krumholz, Jeanne, Kalstrom Dolson, Marjorie, Hernández Ayuso, Miguel (1995) Diccionario popoloca de San Juan Atzingo, Puebla (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 33)‎ (in Spanish), Tucson, AZ., E.U.A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 17

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, in reference to Kocs, a village in Hungary where the first horse-drawn vehicles with an innovative suspension system were manufactured in the 15th century. Doublet of coach.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkot͡ʃe/ [ˈko.t͡ʃe]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -otʃe
* Syllabification: co‧che

### Noun

coche m (plural coches)
* (chiefly Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, Spain) car, automobile
    Synonyms: automóvil, (Mexico, Central America, Caribbean America, Colombia, Venezuela) carro, (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Uruguay) auto
    Mi coche tiene una avería.My car has broken down.
* carriage, coach (a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
    Synonym: carruaje
* (rail transport) car (a passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train)
* (Rioplatense, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico) Clipping of coche de niño (“baby carriage”).
* (Guatemala, slang) pig (clipping of cochino)

#### Hyponyms

* coche de choque
* coche eléctrico
* coche escoba
* coche fúnebre
* coche patrulla
* coche utilitario

#### Derived terms

* aparcacoches
* coche bomba
* coche de bomberos
* coche de camino
* coche de colleras
* coche de estribos
* coche de línea
* coche de niño
* coche de rúa
* cochecillo
* cochecito
* cochera
* cuidacoches
* guardacoches
* lavacoches
* maestro de coches
* robacoches
* sobrestante de coches

#### Descendants

* Chavacano: coche
* → Basque: kotxe
* → Bikol Central: kotse
* → Cebuano: kotse
* → Ilocano: kotse
* → Sambali: kotsi
* → Tagalog: kotse

### Further reading

* “coche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* checo