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-iche

French, suffix/iʃ/

-iche is a French feminine suffix meaning “forms colloquial nouns, chiefly with hypocoristic effect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Valeur diminutive ou péjorative”.

What does -iche mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    feminineforms colloquial nouns, chiefly with hypocoristic effect

    barbe (“beard”) + -iche → barbiche (“goatee”)

suffix

  1. 1

    forms colloquial adjectives, chiefly with hypocoristic effect

    Godon (surname) + -iche → godiche (“clumsy, gawky”)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Valeur diminutive ou péjorative. 2. Valeur neutre. 3. Valeur laudative.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce -iche?

  • /iʃ/
  • \iʃ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.