perche

perche is feminine in French.

perch (type of fish)

Related: perche commune, perche de mer, perche de rivière, perche européenne, perche franche

Inherited from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē).

perche is feminine in French.

pole; pole-vaulting; pole; T-bar; boom (for microphone etc.); perch (for birds)

Inherited from Old French perche, from Latin pertica, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *pert'ca. Compare Catalan perxa.